The DSA_InsertItem function in Comctl32.dll in the Windows common control library in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Win…

published 2013-10-09 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-3133

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 38.5%; EPSS 38.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 0; none known

The DSA_InsertItem function in Comctl32.dll in the Windows common control library in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted value in an argument to an ASP.NET web application, aka "Comctl32 Integer Overflow Vulnerability."

Patch / fix

links 1

blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/assessing-risk-for-the-october-20… advisory

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Exploit prediction

38.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

blogs.technet.com /b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/assessing-risk-for-the-october-2013-security-updates.aspx
patch, vendor-advisory
docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-083
vendor-advisory
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18715
vdb-entry, signature
us-cert.gov /ncas/alerts/TA13-288A
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3195
NVD CVE-2013-3195

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