CVE-2013-3918Microsoft Windows Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

BOD 26-04 remediation window

With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) ^S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 ^S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.

What CISA says

Short description

Microsoft Windows contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the InformationCardSigninHelper Class ActiveX control, icardie.dll. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted webpage. When a user views the webpage, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3918

CWE in the catalogue

Not provided by source

Official links

• CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
• NVD record nvd.nist.gov

Vendor advisory and patch links

References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090 Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/blog/2013/11/technical-details-of-the-targeted-attack-using-ie-vulnerability-cve-2013-3918/ Vendor Advisory

Links in CISA's notes

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3918

NVD details

CWE (NVD)

CWE-787 by nvd@nist.gov

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS versions in NVD

V2, V31

Last modified in NVD

2026-06-16T23:56:01.110

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