CVE-2014-1766 (GCVE-0-2014-1766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-27 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:50
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
microsoft CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 3962 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-03-13 00:00
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