Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-1795. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 03/16/2010. The weakness was released 06/10/2014 by Xiaobo Chen with FireEye 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-2014-1795 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. 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 1547 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 13917.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92826), Tenable (74427), SecurityFocus (BID 67887†), Secunia (SA58768†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030370†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-13306, VDB-13483, VDB-13498 and VDB-13512. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-035
Researcher: Xiaobo Chen
Organization: FireEye
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1795 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13511

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X-Force: 92826 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67887 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-1795 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: 44905 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - 11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-1795, Critical

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

Created: 06/11/2014 03:05
Updated: 08/31/2025 23:01
Changes: 06/11/2014 03:05 (88), 04/07/2017 12:05 (7), 06/22/2021 09:20 (2), 06/22/2021 09:24 (2), 12/22/2024 01:26 (18), 08/31/2025 23:01 (7)
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