CVE-2013-3918

The InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control in icardie.dll in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted web page that is accessed by Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in November 2013, aka "InformationCardSigninHelper Vulnerability."

• CWE-787
• CWE-787

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspxThird Party Advisory
• http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/Broken Link
• http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19089Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2013/11/11/activex-control-issue-being-addressed-in-update-tuesday.aspxThird Party Advisory
• http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/new-ie-vulnerability-found-in-the-wild-s/240163814/Broken Link
• http://www.fireeye.com/blog/technical/2013/11/new-ie-zero-day-found-in-watering-hole-attack.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317AThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19089Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-3918US Government Resource
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/blog/2013/11/technical-details-of-the-targeted-attack-using-ie-vulnerability-cve-2013-3918/Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 12, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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