What is CVE-2013-6040?

CVE-2013-6040 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mw6 Tech Aztec Activex Controls, classified under CWE-94: IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2014-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2013-6040?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mw6 Tech Aztec Activex Controls

CVE-2013-6040

MW6 Aztec, DataMatrix, and MaxiCode ActiveX controls before version 4.0 vulnerable to arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document. Latest versions (4.0) of MW6 Aztec, DataMatrix, and MaxiCode ActiveX controls have resolved the issue

Published 2014-01-21 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.074 (94.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.074 · newest: 0.074 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mw6 Tech Aztec Activex Controls — versions 0.0
Mw6 Tech Datamatrix Activex Controls — versions 0.0
Mw6 Tech Maxicode Activex Controls — versions 0.0
Mw6tech Aztec Activex Control
Mw6tech Datamatrix Activex Control
Mw6tech Maxicode Activex Control

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31176 (Exploit)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219470 (US Government Resource)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31177 (Exploit)
www.mw6tech.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6040?: CVE-2013-6040 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mw6 Tech Aztec Activex Controls, classified under CWE-94: IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2014-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2013-6040?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.