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CVE-2013-3897: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03
• EPSS: 77.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CDisplayPointer class in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript code that uses the onpropertychange event handler, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18989
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18989
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3897

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