Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10 InsertSplice resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function CSpliceTreeEngine::InsertSplice. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3846. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function CSpliceTreeEngine::InsertSplice. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted CSpliceTreeEngine::InsertSplice object in an HTML document, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3143 and CVE-2013-3161.

The weakness was shared 09/05/2013 by Amol Naik with Zero Day Initiative as MS13-055 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-3846 since 06/03/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67212 (MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100157 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-055)).

Applying the patch IE10 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windows.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (28187), Tenable (67212), SecurityFocus (BID 62372†), OSVDB (97340†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41333†). Additional details are provided at technet.microsoft.com. The entries VDB-9405, VDB-9406, VDB-9407 and VDB-9408 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 67212
Nessus Name: MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071)
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OpenVAS ID: 903314
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2846071)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-055
Researcher: Amol Naik
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3846 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3846
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10309

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SecurityFocus: 62372
OSVDB: 97340 - Microsoft IE CSpliceTreeEngine::InsertSplice Function Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 41333 - [MS13-055] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8-10 Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution \\ DoS - CVE-2013-3846, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/18/2013 11:23
Updated: 06/23/2025 08:17
Changes: 09/18/2013 11:23 (53), 04/07/2017 12:04 (24), 05/25/2021 07:40 (8), 05/25/2021 07:45 (1), 06/23/2025 08:17 (23)
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