{
  "id": "CVE-2013-3897",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2013-3897",
  "published": "2013-10-09T14:54:25.747Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:55:58.860Z",
  "score": 8.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.7731,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99547,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-03-03",
    "due": "2022-03-24",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3897"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft internet explorer"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-416"
  ],
  "description": "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.\"",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 8.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspx",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288A",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18989",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3897",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3897",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}