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CVE-2014-1776 - Microsoft Internet Explorer

AI Vulnerability Context

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. NOTE: this issue originally emphasized VGX.DLL, but Microsoft clarified that "VGX.DLL does not contain the vulnerable code leveraged...

Overview

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Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. NOTE: this issue originally emphasized VGX.DLL, but Microsoft clarified that "VGX.DLL does not contain the vulnerable code leveraged in this exploit. Disabling VGX.DLL is an exploit-specific workaround that provides an immediate, effective workaround to help block known attacks."

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CISA KEVCRITICAL
CVE ID
CVE-2014-1776
Vendor/project
Microsoft
Product
Internet Explorer
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Date added
2022-01-28
Due date
2022-07-28
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
9.8
CWE-416

Exploit context

What the vulnerability is about.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. NOTE: this issue originally emphasized VGX.DLL, but Microsoft clarified that "VGX.DLL does not contain the vulnerable code leveraged in this exploit. Disabling VGX.DLL is an exploit-specific workaround that provides an immediate, effective workaround to help block known attacks."

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1776CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/30/protection-strategies-for-the-security-advisory-2963983-ie-0day.aspxaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/57908af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1030154af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/04/new-zero-day-exploit-targeting-internet-explorer-versions-9-through-11-identified-in-targeted-attacks.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/222929af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/106311af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67075af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.signalsec.com/cve-2014-1776-ie-0day-analysis/af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-021af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2963983af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-detection-scriptaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-mitigation-scripts