Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-2825. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 04/12/2011. The weakness was released 08/12/2014 by Chen Zhang (demi6od) with NSFocus as MS14-051 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2825 since 04/10/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94982), Tenable (77169), SecurityFocus (BID 69121†), Secunia (SA60670†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030715†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67329, VDB-67337, VDB-67336 and VDB-67335. 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: 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: Chen Zhang (demi6od)
Organization: NSFocus
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2825 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2825
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67341

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X-Force: 94982
SecurityFocus: 69121 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2825 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 60670
SecurityTracker: 1030715 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 45790 - [MS14-051] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10-11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-2825, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2014 11:45
Updated: 02/10/2022 14:47
Changes: 08/13/2014 11:45 (75), 04/07/2017 12:11 (16), 02/10/2022 14:44 (2), 02/10/2022 14:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:AA0:103

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