Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10 Event mshtml.dll resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library mshtml.dll of the component Event Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-3897. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library mshtml.dll of the component Event Handler. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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."

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was disclosed 10/08/2013 by Hoodie22 with National Cyber Security Centre of the Netherlands as MS13-080 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-3897 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 attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4583 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70332 (MS13-080: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017)), 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 100164 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-080)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/03/2022 with a due date of 03/24/2022:

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Applying the patch MS13-080 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13236.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87595), Exploit-DB (28974), Zero-Day.cz (306), Tenable (70332) and OSVDB (98207†). The entries VDB-10313, VDB-10619, VDB-10620 and VDB-10621 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 70332
Nessus Name: MS13-080: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017)
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OpenVAS ID: 803867
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (2879017)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ie_cdisplaypointer_onpropertychange_uaf
Saint Name: Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Object onpropertychange Use-After-Free

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MetaSploit ID: ms13_080_cdisplaypointer.rb
MetaSploit Name: MS13-080 Microsoft Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Use-After-Free
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-080
Researcher: Hoodie22
Organization: National Cyber Security Centre of the Netherlands
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CVE: CVE-2013-3897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10627

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X-Force: 87595
OSVDB: 98207 - Microsoft IE Unspecified Memory Corruption (2013-3897)
Vulnerability Center: 41829 - [MS13-080] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-11 on Workstations Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2013-3897, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2013 11:15
Updated: 04/22/2026 14:47
Changes: 10/09/2013 11:15 (59), 04/07/2017 12:04 (38), 05/26/2021 12:17 (8), 05/26/2021 12:24 (1), 04/23/2024 09:48 (24), 07/13/2024 19:02 (2), 07/16/2024 23:31 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 06/29/2025 09:33 (3), 04/22/2026 14:47 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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