CVE-2013-3200: microsoft windows_8 Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-3200 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft windows_8. EPSS estimates a 5.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-10-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The USB drivers in the kernel-mode drivers 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 Server 2012, and Windows RT allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code by connecting a crafted USB device, aka "Windows USB Descriptor Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.