PT-2014-1596 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Corelanc0D3R + 1 · Published 2014-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-4056

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 10

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site. This is caused by improper access to objects in memory, which could corrupt memory and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 10, update to a version that properly handles memory access to prevent code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00516

CVE-2014-4056

ZDI-14-283

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00516 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-051 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-283 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4056 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4056 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/69129 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-051 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94988 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60670 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030715 · Note