CVE-2014-6332
Microsoft Windows: Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2014-6332 in Microsoft Windows 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 25 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.95Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.96 on 25 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 9 Exploit-DB entries (7 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
OleAut32.dll in OLE in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to remotely execute code via a crafted web site.
CISA's description
OleAut32.dll in OLE in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by an array-redimensioning attempt that triggers improper handling of a size value in the SafeArrayDimen function, aka "Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 11 November 2014
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35229).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35230).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 35308).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 36516).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 37400).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 37668).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 37800).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 38500).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 38512).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: MS14-064 Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Executionexploit module, rank good
- Exploit-DB: The World Browser 3.0 Final - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 38512, verified by Exploit-DB, 22 October 2015
- Exploit-DB: HTML Compiler - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 38500, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 October 2015
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Windows HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution (MS14-064)EDB-ID 37800, verified by Exploit-DB, 17 August 2015
- Exploit-DB: Havij - OLE Automation Array Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 37400, verified by Exploit-DB, 27 June 2015
- Exploit-DB: Acunetix 9.5 - OLE Automation Array Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 36516, verified by Exploit-DB, 27 March 2015
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer OLE Pre-IE11 - Automation Array Remote Code Execution / PowerShell VirtualAlloc (MS14-064)EDB-ID 35308, verified by Exploit-DB, 20 November 2014
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution (1)EDB-ID 35229, verified by Exploit-DB, 13 November 2014
- Exploit-DB: Internet Download Manager - OLE Automation Array Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 37668, 21 July 2015
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Internet Explorer < 11 - OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 35230, 13 November 2014
Windows: other exploited entries
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-60710Link Following | Microsoft Windows | Patch nowRansomware use, listed within a year | 0.05 | ||
| CVE-2008-4250Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2008-0015Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.77; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.77 | ||
| CVE-2013-3918Out-of-Bounds Write | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.74; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.74 | ||
| CVE-2010-2568Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.91 | ||
| CVE-2015-0016TS WebProxy Directory Traversal | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.76; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.76 | ||
| CVE-2015-2426Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.87; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.87 | ||
| CVE-2017-0146SMB Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.90; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.90 | ||
| CVE-2014-4114Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.82; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.82 | ||
| CVE-2014-6352Code Injection | Microsoft Windows | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.77; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.77 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org