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CVE-2014-0307

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a certain sequence of manipulations of a TextRange element, aka "Internet Explorer…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 69.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 69.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a certain sequence of manipulations of a TextRange element, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
69.45% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 March 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-416
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%35%70%24 September 2026: 69.55%4 November 2026: 69.45%24 September 20264 November 2026

EPSS moved from 69.5% on 24 September 2026 to 69.5% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-32438source ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer - TextRange Use-After-Free (MS14-012) (Metasploit)windows · Metasploitremote22 March 2014yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.