CVE-2013-0090

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

38.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-03-13 00:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-16 20:37Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-11-27

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-399

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3444c817c9220860e28c39cd9b1d894ec041d88d4ca5026847b14d3a78219e31

• www.exploit-db.com40935https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40935/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140186/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-9-IEFRAME-CView-EnsureSize-Use-After-Free.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:16049https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16049vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.us-cert.govTA13-071Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071Athird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• docs.microsoft.comMS13-021https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-021vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• blog.skylined.nlhttp://blog.skylined.nl/20161216001.htmlx_refsource_MISC