CVE-2013-2557 (GCVE-0-2013-2557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-11 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:00
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Summary
The sandbox protection mechanism in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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