CVE-2013-0025 describes a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to a specially crafted website that triggers access to a deleted object. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it carries a high severity, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, suggesting a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.