CVE-2013-2551 Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a crafted website exploiting a use-after-free flaw in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 28 Mar 2022
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-2551?
CVE-2013-2551 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 11 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2551?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2551?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 18 Apr 2022.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2013-2551 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-2551 in the wild since at least 28 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5j6-8c2h-w4h7.