CVE-2014-1766
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by Sebastian Apelt and Andreas Schmidt during a Pwn2Own competition at…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by Sebastian Apelt and Andreas Schmidt during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014. NOTE: the original disclosure referred to triggering a kernel bug with the Internet Explorer exploit payload, but this ID is not for a kernel vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 33.19% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 8 July 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 33.2% 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.
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.
References
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/444216845734666240Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67518Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/444216845734666240Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-thursday-day-two/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67518Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.