Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-1779. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. 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 issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2014 with Zero Day Initiative as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1779 since 01/29/2014. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4828 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74427 (MS14-035: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2969262)), 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 100202 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS14-035)).

Applying the patch MS14-035 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 13422.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93394), Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67872†), Secunia (SA58768†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†). Further details are available at isc.sans.edu. The entries VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
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Nessus ID: 74427
Nessus Name: MS14-035: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2969262)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-035
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13497

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X-Force: 93394 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67872 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1779 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 58768 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030370 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 44891 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - 11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1779, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 09/01/2025 18:07
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (86), 04/07/2017 12:05 (7), 06/22/2021 07:47 (2), 06/22/2021 07:54 (2), 09/01/2025 18:07 (21)
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