Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-4091. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 04/12/2011. The weakness was presented 09/09/2014 by Yuki Chen with Trend Micro as MS14-052 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4091 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. 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 02/15/2022). 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 1246 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77572 (MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)), 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 100210 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS14-052)).

Applying the patch MS14-052 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 (95521), Tenable (77572), SecurityFocus (BID 69598†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030818†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46080†). See VDB-12410, VDB-67505, VDB-67513 and VDB-67484 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: 77572
Nessus Name: MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)
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Patch: MS14-052

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-052
Researcher: Yuki Chen
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-4091 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67493

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X-Force: 95521 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69598 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-4091 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030818 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 46080 - [MS14-052] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 - 11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-4091, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2014 11:11
Updated: 02/15/2022 15:19
Changes: 09/10/2014 11:11 (80), 04/07/2017 12:11 (7), 02/15/2022 15:13 (2), 02/15/2022 15:19 (1)
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