PT-2014-1602 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2014-07-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-2794

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 6 through 7

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper access to objects in memory. This could cause memory corruption, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to potentially malicious websites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00521

CVE-2014-2794

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2794 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00521 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2794 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030532 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-037 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68378 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59775 · Note