CVE-2013-3163
Published on July 10, 2013
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3144 and CVE-2013-3151.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause a denial of service via a crafted website.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 20, 2023: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2013-3163 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2013-3163 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
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