CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2013-3918
The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted web page that is accessed by Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in November 2013, aka "InformationCardSigninHelper Vulnerability."
Severity
- EPSS
- 74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2025-10-06, due 2025-10-27
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_7
- microsoft:windows_8
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_server_2012
- microsoft:windows_vista
- microsoft:windows_xp
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspx
- http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090