PT-2014-1604 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Royce Lu · Published 2014-07-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-2797

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 8

Description The issue is related to improper access to objects in memory, which could lead to memory corruption and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This can be triggered by visiting a crafted web site.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 through 8, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to potentially malicious web sites to minimize the risk of triggering the memory corruption issue.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00523

CVE-2014-2797

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2797 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00523 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2797 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030532 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68380 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-037 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59775 · Note