CVE-2014-8967 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in Internet Explorer by tricking users into viewing a crafted HTML document with specific CSS properties.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2014-8967?

CVE-2014-8967 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 15 Dec 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document in conjunction with a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence specifying the run-in value for the display property, leading to improper CElement reference counting.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8967?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2014-8967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vjvh-5339-rrxg.

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