CVE-2013-3121 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted website. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (critical), it presents a high-impact threat that can be exploited over a network with medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of active attacks against a related Office vulnerability. Despite its age, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 indicates its potential severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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.