CVE-2014-1776

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Memory Corruption

As of , CVE-2014-1776 in Microsoft Internet Explorer is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 28 January 2022
US federal deadline
28 July 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Not known to CISA
EPSS score
0.83Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: learn.microsoft.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code in the context of the current user.

CISA's description

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."

The CVE record's description, from microsoft

CVE published
27 April 2014
Assigned by
microsoft
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
CWE-416
Use After Free
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Internet Explorer: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2010-0249Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.92; verified Exploit-DB entry0.92
CVE-2010-0806Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry0.82
CVE-2010-3962Uninitialized Memory CorruptionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.97; verified Exploit-DB entry0.97
CVE-2013-3893Resource Management ErrorsMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.88; verified Exploit-DB entry0.88
CVE-2012-4792Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry0.79
CVE-2013-3163Memory CorruptionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.71; verified Exploit-DB entry0.71
CVE-2012-4969Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.80; verified Exploit-DB entry0.80
CVE-2014-0322Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.85; verified Exploit-DB entry0.85
CVE-2013-2551Use-After-FreeMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry0.74
CVE-2013-1347Remote Code ExecutionMicrosoft Internet ExplorerPatch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.78; verified Exploit-DB entry0.78

All 36 entries for Internet Explorer

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