CVE-2013-3893 | Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 HTML Rendering Engine mshtml.dll CDoc::SetMouseCapture location.href resource management (MS13-080 / EDB-49872)
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects the function CDoc::SetMouseCapture in the library mshtml.dll of the component HTML Rendering Engine. The manipulation of the argument location.href with the input ms-help:// leads to improper resource management.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-3893. The attack may be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has an historic impact.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.