Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2023-03-30
• EPSS: 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

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.

CISA: 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 20 Apr 2023): The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

• Patch on docs.microsoft.comVendor patch or bulletin · NVD · Reference tagged 'Patch' by NVD

[ References ]References

• www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190AThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
• docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-055PatchVendor Advisory
• oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17363Broken Link
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource