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CVE-2013-1347

Use After Free: Is CVE-2013-1347 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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Exploited in wild
Yes
CISA KEV
Public exploit
Metasploit +1
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
8.8 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
78%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
CWE

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.

public exploits

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baseline read

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Real — exploited in the wild

CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.

Based on CISA KEV

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Affected:Microsoft

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

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly allocated or (2) is deleted, as exploited in the wild in May 2013.

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Field notes & remediation

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  • 0
    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — This vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-03-03) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~78%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    Required action for Microsoft Internet Explorer: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-03-24. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

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Same weakness: CWE-416 · Use After Free.