| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4109. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part. 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 03/22/2001. The weakness was released 09/09/2014 by John Villamil as MS14-052 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4109 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/22/2024). 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 4919 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 (95539), Tenable (77572), SecurityFocus (BID 69619†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030818†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46050†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-12410, VDB-67505, VDB-67513 and VDB-67484. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: 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
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS14-052
Researcher: John Villamil
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2014-4109 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4109
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67511
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X-Force: 95539 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69619 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-4109 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030818 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 46050 - [MS14-052] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2014-4109, Critical
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Entry
Created: 09/10/2014 11:11Updated: 12/22/2024 19:47
Changes: 09/10/2014 11:11 (76), 04/07/2017 12:11 (7), 02/15/2022 19:16 (2), 02/15/2022 19:23 (1), 12/22/2024 19:47 (16)
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