CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-2557
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-03-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The sandbox protection mechanism in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 h30499.www3.hp.com
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713 twitter.com
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840 twitter.com
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 h30499.www3.hp.com
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713 twitter.com
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840 twitter.com