Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-0324. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. 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 summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0297, CVE-2014-0308, and CVE-2014-0312.

The weakness was published 03/12/2014 with Microsoft as MS14-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0324 since 12/03/2013. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72930 (MS14-012: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2925418)), 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 100180 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS14-012)).

Applying the patch MS14-012 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 13672.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91509), Zero-Day.cz (183), Tenable (72930), SecurityFocus (BID 66040†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43575†). Similar entries are available at VDB-12320, VDB-12531, VDB-12532 and VDB-12533. 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: 72930
Nessus Name: MS14-012: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2925418)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-012
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-0324 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0324
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66605

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X-Force: 91509
SecurityFocus: 66040 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-0324 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 43575 - [MS14-012] Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - 11 Remote Code Execution or DoS due to Memory Corruption (CVE-2014-0324), Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/07/2026 20:21
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (69), 04/07/2017 12:10 (11), 02/03/2022 13:44 (3), 07/12/2024 09:16 (21), 05/07/2026 20:21 (1)
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