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Microsoft Internet Explorer Unspecified Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 15 May 2013 Release Date: 6 May 2013 4846 Views

RISK: Extremely High Risk

TYPE: Clients - Browsers

TYPE: Browsers

A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

 

The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error and can be exploited to dereference already freed memory.

 

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

 

For details, please refer to SA13051502.

 

Note:

  1. This is currently being actively exploited in targeted attacks.

Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Internet Explorer 9

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.


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