# Microsoft Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer Resource Management Errors Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-08-12.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/microsoft-internet-explorer-cve-2013-3893 · generated 2026-10-23T01:56:39.502Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Started: 2025-08-12 · closed: 2025-08-12
- CVEs: CVE-2013-3893
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-08-12: CISA added CVE-2013-3893 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-09-02).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Microsoft Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer Resource Management Errors Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/microsoft-internet-explorer-cve-2013-3893 · status: closed (closed Aug 12, 2025) · severity: high · updated Aug 12, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-08-12.

Severity detail: CVSS 8.8 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2013-3893

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Aug 12, 2025: CISA added CVE-2013-3893 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-09-02).

## Advisories
- [Microsoft advisory: Microsoft Internet Explorer](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080) (Microsoft)
- [NVD: CVE-2013-3893](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3893) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025). KEV says affected products could be end-of-life, so some devices may never get a fix.

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