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CVE-2013-3897

HIGH8.8
CISA KEV

Published 2013-10-09 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source secure@microsoft.com

Summary

CVE-2013-3897 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 24, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

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."

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416CWE-416

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Microsoft — Internet Explorer

Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Date added: 2022-03-03 · Due: 2022-03-24

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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