Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-1790. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 04/12/2011. The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2014 by Yujie Wen with Qihoo 360 Security Center as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1790 since 01/29/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1155 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 (92821), Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67883†), Secunia (SA58768†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†). Additional details are provided at isc.sans.edu. The entries VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512 are pretty similar. 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: Yujie Wen
Organization: Qihoo 360 Security Center
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1790 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1790
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13507

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X-Force: 92821 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67883 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1790 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: 44901 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1790, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 08/31/2025 23:01
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (85), 04/07/2017 12:05 (6), 06/22/2021 09:01 (4), 12/22/2024 01:26 (18), 08/31/2025 23:01 (7)
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