Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-2818. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 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."

The issue has been introduced in 04/12/2011. The weakness was shared 08/12/2014 by AbdulAziz Hariri with HP as MS14-051 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2818 since 04/10/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/10/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1218 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77169 (MS14-051: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2976627)), 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 100208 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS14-051)).

Applying the patch MS14-051 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 13730.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94975), Tenable (77169), SecurityFocus (BID 69115†), Secunia (SA60670†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030715†). The entries VDB-67329, VDB-67337, VDB-67336 and VDB-67335 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 77169
Nessus Name: MS14-051: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2976627)
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OpenVAS ID: 800989
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (2976627)
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Patch: MS14-051
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-051
Researcher: AbdulAziz Hariri
Organization: HP
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2818 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2818
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67334

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X-Force: 94975
SecurityFocus: 69115 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2818 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 60670
SecurityTracker: 1030715 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 45783 - [MS14-051] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-2818, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2014 11:45
Updated: 02/10/2022 14:11
Changes: 08/13/2014 11:45 (76), 04/07/2017 12:11 (16), 02/10/2022 14:11 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:0A3:103

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