Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1781. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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.

The issue has been introduced in 03/05/2008. The weakness was shared 06/10/2014 by NSFOCUS with NSFOCUS Security Team as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1781 since 01/29/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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 2288 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92813), Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67874†), Secunia (SA58768†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. The entries VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74427
Nessus Name: MS14-035: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2969262)
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Patch: MS14-035

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-035
Researcher: NSFOCUS
Organization: NSFOCUS Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13499

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X-Force: 92813 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67874 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1781 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: 44893 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1781, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 09/01/2025 15:27
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (86), 04/07/2017 12:05 (6), 06/22/2021 08:09 (2), 06/22/2021 08:11 (2), 09/01/2025 15:27 (21)
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