PT-2014-1606 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2014-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-2821

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 8 through 9

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

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to potentially malicious web sites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-00525

CVE-2014-2821

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00525 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-051 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2821 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2821 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-051 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60670 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/69117 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94978 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1030715 · Note