CVE-2014-1809 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1809?

CVE-2014-1809 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 14 May 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The MSCOMCTL library in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013 Gold, SP1, RT, and RT SP1 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, as exploited in the wild in May 2014, aka "MSCOMCTL ASLR Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1809?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1809?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1809 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-1809 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2018-0798 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1770 Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2006-2492 Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-0802 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11882 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xhv6-jw2r-w43w.