CVE-2013-3918

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-10-06), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.8 HIGH under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild

Also known asEUVD-2013-3850 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMitigate nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 74%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: Not assessed

A fix is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but no release containing it is confirmed — find the release that contains it; until it is applied, mitigate (WAF / firewall / segmentation).

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."

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
80
EG Risk 80/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation100% × 40%
Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
EPSS PROB
74%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 8.8 HIGH.

EG Severity
8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
74% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: this CVE is in CISA's KEV catalog, and CISA's required action for it, quoted below, applies whether or not a fix is released.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: this CVE is in CISA's KEV catalog, and CISA's required action for it, quoted below, applies whether or not a fix is released.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

CISA 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.”

Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090 · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3918

Published

November 12, 2013

Last Modified

April 22, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Nov 2, 2026
⚠️ Actively exploited (CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment). Fix referenced — no release confirmed yet.
Web page

IE Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploiting msvcrt.dll - SANS ISC

https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/16985
Web page

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-090 - Critical | Microsoft Learn

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-090
Web page

Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | CISA

http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 124× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,124 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,024 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  2. 2026-10-31 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-31 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  4. 2026-10-31 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-30 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-30 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-10-29 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-29 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  11. 2026-10-28 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  13. 2026-10-28 00:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  14. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  15. 2026-10-27 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-27 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  17. 2026-10-26 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  18. 2026-10-26 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  19. 2026-10-25 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  21. 2026-10-25 05:42 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-25 05:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  23. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  24. 2026-10-24 07:34 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-24 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  1. 2026-10-23 09:25 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-23 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-10-22 11:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-22 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  5. 2026-10-21 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-10-21 13:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-21 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  8. 2026-10-20 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-10-19 16:49 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-19 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  11. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  12. 2026-10-18 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-18 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  16. 2026-10-17 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  18. 2026-10-16 22:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  19. 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-10-16 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-16 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  22. 2026-10-15 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  23. 2026-10-15 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-15 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  25. 2026-10-14 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  26. 2026-10-14 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-10-14 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  28. 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  29. 2026-10-13 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  31. 2026-10-12 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  32. 2026-10-12 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  33. 2026-10-12 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  35. 2026-10-11 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  37. 2026-10-11 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  39. 2026-10-11 13:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  40. 2026-10-11 09:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  41. 2026-10-11 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  44. 2026-10-10 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  45. 2026-10-10 19:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  46. 2026-10-10 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  47. 2026-10-10 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  48. 2026-10-10 11:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  51. 2026-10-10 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  52. 2026-10-09 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  53. 2026-10-09 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  54. 2026-10-09 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  55. 2026-10-09 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  56. 2026-10-09 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  57. 2026-10-09 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  58. 2026-10-08 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  59. 2026-10-08 18:45 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-10-08 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  61. 2026-10-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  62. 2026-10-08 15:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  63. 2026-10-08 11:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  64. 2026-10-08 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  65. 2026-10-08 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  67. 2026-10-08 00:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  68. 2026-10-07 23:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 74% · 99th percentile
  69. 2026-10-07 20:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  70. 2026-10-07 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  71. 2026-10-07 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  72. 2026-10-07 09:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  73. 2026-10-07 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  74. 2026-10-07 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  75. 2026-10-06 22:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-7627-vgq8-rcjv · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry). No release with the fix is confirmed, so defenders should restrict or isolate affected systems accordingly until one is applied.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-29857✓ verified
    Published Nov 27, 2013

    Microsoft Internet Explorer - CardSpaceClaimCollection ActiveX Integer Underflow (MS13-090) (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/browser/ms13_090_cardspacesigninhelper✓ verified
    Published Nov 25, 2013

    MS13-090 CardSpaceClaimCollection ActiveX Integer Underflow

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2013-3918?
CVE-2013-3918 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on November 12, 2013. 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…
When was CVE-2013-3918 made public?
CVE-2013-3918 was made public on November 8, 2013: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Microsoft Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on November 12, 2013. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 22, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2013-3918 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2013-3918 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 6, 2025, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. A fix is referenced, but no release containing it is confirmed. Check the referenced fix and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains it; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-3918?
CVE-2013-3918 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2013-3918?
CVE-2013-3918 affects Microsoft Windows.
How do I remediate CVE-2013-3918?
A fix for CVE-2013-3918 is referenced (a reference tagged "Patch", often a source commit), but EchelonGraph has no release containing it on record. Check that reference and the vendor's advisory for a release that contains the fix and update to it; until then, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation.

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