VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-0090

high
Published 2013-03-13 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, aka "Internet Explorer CCaret Use After Free Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-40935 dos windows verified
Skylined · 2016-12-16

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - IEFRAME CView::Ensure­Size Use-After-Free (MS13-021)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact
windows Windows Fixed 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —
— Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftinternet_explorer6
windows microsoftinternet_explorer7
windows microsoftinternet_explorer8
windows microsoftinternet_explorer9
windows microsoftinternet_explorer10

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.