Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0289 and CVE-2014-0290.

The issue has been introduced in 06/26/2013. The weakness was disclosed 02/11/2014 by Liang Chen with KeenTeam as MS14-010 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0267 since 12/03/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/08/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 230 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72433 (MS14-010: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2909921)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100178 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS14-010)).

Applying the patch MS14-010 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13548.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90759), Tenable (72433), SecurityFocus (BID 65361†), OSVDB (103168†) and Secunia (SA56796†). zdnet.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-12238, VDB-12239, VDB-12240 and VDB-12241 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72433
Nessus Name: MS14-010: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2909921)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-010
Researcher: Liang Chen
Organization: KeenTeam
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-0267 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0267
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12242

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X-Force: 90759 - Microsoft Internet Explorer memory corruption code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 65361 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-0267 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 56796 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 103168
SecurityTracker: 1029741
Vulnerability Center: 43213 - [MS14-010] Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Remote Code Execution and DoS (CVE-2014-0267), Critical

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Created: 02/12/2014 02:32 PM
Updated: 01/08/2025 04:27 PM
Changes: 02/12/2014 02:32 PM (84), 04/07/2017 03:24 PM (7), 06/09/2021 09:23 AM (2), 06/09/2021 09:28 AM (1), 01/08/2025 04:27 PM (15)
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