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CVE-2013-2551

Published: Mar 11, 2013

Modified: Oct 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

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, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MS

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_CERT

http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617

x_refsource_MISC

http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320

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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16317

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157

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