Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2013-0030

The Vector Markup Language (VML) implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 does not properly allocate buffers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "VML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.267 (97.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 6, 7, 9
Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_8
Microsoft Windows_rt
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008
Microsoft Windows_server_2012
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)