# CVE-2013-3897

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."

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2013-3897
- CVSS: 8.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-03-03; CISA due date 2022-03-24
- EPSS: 77.31% (percentile 99.6)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module (first 2013-10-15)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-10)
- Weakness: CWE-416
- Published: 2013-10-09

## Affected

- microsoft:internet_explorer

## References

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

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