CVE-2013-7331

What the flaw is

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer which allows resources loaded into memory to be queried. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to detect anti-malware applications.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

5 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• Ostorlab/KEV
• Ostorlab/known_exploited_vulnerbilities_detectors
• nitishbadole/oscp-note-2
• rmsbpro/rmsbpro

Vendor advisories

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7331

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org