Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 OBJECT ControlTracker memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. This affects an unknown function of the component OBJECT Handler. The manipulation of the argument ControlTracker leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-2782. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component OBJECT Handler. The manipulation of the argument ControlTracker 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 03/22/2001. The weakness was presented 06/18/2014 with Zero Day Initiative as MS14-035 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2782 since 04/10/2014. 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 as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4836 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74138 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 CMarkup Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13827.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93877), Exploit-DB (34010), Tenable (74138), SecurityFocus (BID 68101†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45047†). zerodayinitiative.com is providing further details. See VDB-13306, VDB-13498, VDB-13512 and VDB-13511 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: 74138
Nessus Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 CMarkup Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-035
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2782 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2782
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38453

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X-Force: 93877 - Microsoft Internet Explorer ControlTracker code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68101 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2782 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030370
Vulnerability Center: 45047 - [MS14-035] Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - 11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-2782, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/17/2025 04:46
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (71), 04/07/2017 12:09 (18), 07/21/2021 15:52 (3), 07/21/2021 15:58 (1), 12/22/2024 05:37 (16), 08/17/2025 04:46 (11)
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