Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 10 CView::EnsureSize resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects the function CView::EnsureSize. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-0090. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8/9/10 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is the function CView::EnsureSize. 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 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, aka "Internet Explorer CCaret Use After Free Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2013 by Stephen Fewer and SkyLined as MS13-021 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0090 since 11/27/2012. 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 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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65210 (MS13-021: Security Update for Internet Explorer (2809289)), 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 100142 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-021)).

Applying the patch MS13-021 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 12843.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82410), Tenable (65210), OSVDB (91141†), Secunia (SA52520†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028275†). Additional details are provided at scmagazine.com. The entries VDB-7954, VDB-7955, VDB-7956 and VDB-7958 are pretty similar. 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: 65210
Nessus Name: MS13-021: Security Update for Internet Explorer (2809289)
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OpenVAS ID: 903303
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Use After Free Vulnerabilities (2809289)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-021
Researcher: Stephen Fewer, SkyLined
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0090 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0090
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7957

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X-Force: 82410
Secunia: 52520 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91141 - Microsoft IE CCaret Object DOM Manipulation Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1028275 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 38755 - [MS13-021] Internet Explorer 6-10 Remote Code Execution and DoS - CVE-2013-0090, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2013 16:38
Updated: 05/01/2025 12:18
Changes: 03/13/2013 16:38 (54), 04/07/2017 12:18 (30), 05/06/2021 08:42 (2), 05/06/2021 08:43 (7), 05/06/2021 08:48 (1), 01/17/2025 00:27 (31), 05/01/2025 12:18 (2)
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