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

> Remote attackers can bypass ASLR protection in Microsoft Office via a crafted website, facilitating further exploitation.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 May 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xhv6-jw2r-w43w

## 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: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0798/): Microsoft Office Memory Corruption (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-1770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1770/): Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2006-2492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2492/): Microsoft Word Malformed Object Pointer (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0802/): Microsoft Office Memory Corruption (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-11882](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11882/): Microsoft Office Memory Corruption (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1809 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Microsoft Office. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1809/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1809/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1809
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1809
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1809

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