Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-8985. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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-2014-2810, CVE-2014-2811, CVE-2014-2822, CVE-2014-2823, CVE-2014-4057, and CVE-2014-4145.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2017. The weakness was presented 07/08/2014 with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at docs.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-8985 since 11/18/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/03/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77169 (MS14-051: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2976627)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (77169) and SecurityFocus (BID 70937†). See VDB-67329, VDB-67337, VDB-67336 and VDB-67335 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 77169
Nessus Name: MS14-051: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2976627)
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OpenVAS ID: 841135
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2976627)
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08/12/2014 +35 days 🔍
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02/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/03/2021 +1090 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: docs.microsoft.com
Researcher: Microsoft
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-8985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113013
SecurityFocus: 70937 - Microsoft Internet Information Services CVE-2014-8985 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/09/2018 08:42
Updated: 02/03/2021 07:33
Changes: 02/09/2018 08:42 (72), 01/03/2020 08:22 (4), 02/03/2021 07:33 (2)
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