Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2014-1766
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.333 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 9, 10, 11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
- secure@microsoft.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secure@microsoft.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)