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

What is CVE-2013-3897?

CVE-2013-3897 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 9 Oct 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 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."

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3897?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 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-2013-3897 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-3897 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.

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 Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8

All Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5cv5-x27q-h8hq.