Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4130 and CVE-2014-4132.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - MSHTML CPasteCommand::ConvertBitmaptoPng Heap Buffer Overflow (MS14-056) EDB-40960 · dos · Dec 22, 2016 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 70340 vdb-entry
- 60968 third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140258/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11-MSHTML-CPasteCommand-ConvertBitmaptoPng-Buffer-Overflow.html
- 40960 exploit
- 1031018 vdb-entry
- MS14-056 vendor-advisory
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161221001.html