Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted CSpliceTreeEngine::InsertSplice object in an HTML document, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3143 and CVE-2013-3161.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - CAnchorElement Use-After-Free (MS13-055) (Metasploit) EDB-28187 · remote · Sep 10, 2013 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- MS13-055 vendor-advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-231/