CVE-2013-5057

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
14.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: December 11, 2013 (4538 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

hxds.dll in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP1 and SP2 does not implement the ASLR protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted COM component on a web site that is visited with Internet Explorer, as exploited in the wild in December 2013, aka "HXDS ASLR Vulnerability."

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

microsoft office

References

🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 blogs.technet.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com