High severity8.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-2551
CVE-2013-2551
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6 through 10
Patches
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References
7- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134AnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617nvdBroken Link
- twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320nvdNot Applicable
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317nvdBroken Link
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
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