CVE-2014-1764

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 38.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging "object confusion" in a broker process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2014.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

References

http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/443855973673754624
http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-for-wednesday-day-one/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532798/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/443855973673754624
http://www.pwn2own.com/2014/03/pwn2own-results-for-wednesday-day-one/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532798/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67295
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035

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