CVE-2013-6791

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) before 4.0 uses predictable addresses for hooked functions, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism via a return-oriented programming (ROP) attack.

Affected products

Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit: through 3.0

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/06/17/emet-4-0-now-available-for-download.aspx
http://en.nsfocus.com/advisories/1301.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029411
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/06/17/emet-4-0-now-available-for-download.aspx
http://en.nsfocus.com/advisories/1301.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029411

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