Arbitrary Code Execution and Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9-11

CVE-2014-1766 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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