Memory corruption in Microsoft Internet Explorer - CVE-2014-4141

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5887

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4141

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Install update from vendor's website.

• Exploit #1053 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - MSHTML CAttrArray Use-After-Free (MS14-056) (March 18, 2020)

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-056.aspx

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer