CVE-2014-1796 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 8 through 11. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to a specially crafted website. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit for IE9/10 is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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