Advisory Details

December 9th, 2014

Microsoft Internet Explorer LineBoxBuilder::FindWord Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-6376
CVSS SCORE	5.1, AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['16740']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability consists of potentially hazardous use of memory 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 vulnerability relates to how Internet Explorer performs hyphenation of text on web pages. By presenting a specially formed web page to the browser, an attacker can cause Internet Explorer to access memory past the end of a buffer. This may give an attacker the ability to improperly influence the behavior of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-080.aspx
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-09-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-12-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Garage4Hackers

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