PT-2014-1031

CVE-2014-1766

Published

2014-04-27

Updated

2020-07-28

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CVSS 2.0

9.3

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11

Description The issue is related to memory handling errors, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted website. This is due to incorrect access to objects in memory in the context of the current user. The vulnerability was demonstrated by Sebastian Apelt and Andreas Schmidt during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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