Advisory Details

March 20th, 2014

Microsoft Internet Explorer Uninitialized Variable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-0299
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of HTML tables. An uninitialized variable in one of the functions can cause memory corruption. This can lead to remote code execution under the context of the program.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS14-012
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-11-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-03-20 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Jose A. Vazquez of Yenteasy - Security Research -

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