CVE-2014-1766

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 27, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

Related CVEs from 2014

CVE-2014-17677.2Double free vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) in afd.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2,CVE-2014-17699.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafCVE-2014-17709.3Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaSCVE-2014-17716.8SChannel in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 does not ensure that a server's X.509 certificate is the same during renegotiation as iCVE-2014-17729.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) viaCVE-2014-17739.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) CVE-2014-17749.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a craftCVE-2014-17759.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) CVE-2014-17769.8Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denialCVE-2014-17774.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to read local files on the client via a crafted web site, aka "Internet ExplorCVE-2014-17786.8Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script with increased privileges via unspecified vCVE-2014-17799.3Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption)
CVE-2014-1766: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix