CVE-2014-1776
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."
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2014-04-27
- Last modified
- 2025-10-22
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2022-01-28, action due 2022-07-28: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Affected products
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/30/protection-strategies-for-the-security-advisory-2963983-ie-0day.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57908
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1030154
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/04/new-zero-day-exploit-targeting-internet-explorer-versions-9-through-1…
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/222929
- http://www.osvdb.org/106311
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67075
- http://www.signalsec.com/cve-2014-1776-ie-0day-analysis/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-021
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2963983
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-detect…
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-mitiga…
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1776
