CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-3893
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Resource Management Errors Vulnerability — Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-08-12
- Remediation due
- 2025-09-02
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3893
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2013-09-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the SetMouseCapture implementation in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript strings, as demonstrated by use of an ms-help: URL that triggers loading of hxds.dll.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 6
• microsoft internet explorer 7
• microsoft internet explorer 8
• microsoft internet explorer 9
• microsoft internet explorer 10
• microsoft internet explorer 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/09/17/cve-2013-3893-fix-it-workaround-available.aspx Exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27443259/index.html Third Party Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000093.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162585/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-8-SetMouseCapture-Use-After-Free.html Exploit
- http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Hx1L5gu6 Exploit
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2887505 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62453 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18665 Broken Link
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/09/17/cve-2013-3893-fix-it-workaround-available.aspx Exploit
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx Vendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN27443259/index.html Third Party Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2013/JVNDB-2013-000093.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162585/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-8-SetMouseCapture-Use-After-Free.html Exploit
- http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Hx1L5gu6 Exploit
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2887505 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62453 Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18665 Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3893 US Government Resource