CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-1766
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by Sebastian Apelt and Andreas Schmidt during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014. NOTE: the original disclosure referred to triggering a kernel bug with the Internet Explorer exploit payload, but this ID is not for a kernel vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 9
• microsoft internet explorer 10
• microsoft internet explorer 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/444216845734666240 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67518 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/444216845734666240 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67518 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035 Patch, Vendor Advisory