#VU4550 Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2013-3918
Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU4550
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3918
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
Windows
Windows Server
InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control
Windows
Windows Server
InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control
Software vendor:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory access within InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control (icardie.dll). A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web page that passes an overly long string argument to vulnerable ActiveX component, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory access within InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control (icardie.dll). A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web page that passes an overly long string argument to vulnerable ActiveX component, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.