CVE-2014-0271
The VBScript engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11, and VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript Memory Corruption…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The VBScript engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11, and VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 38.43% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/vbscript
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 38.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/103166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65395
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029741
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-010
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-011
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90757
- http://osvdb.org/103166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56814
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65395
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029741
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-010
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-011
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90757
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.