CVE-2014-2766 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted website. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring medium complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit for a related use-after-free vulnerability (MS14-035) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage specifically for CVE-2014-2766.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.