Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code that interacts improperly with a CollectGarbage function call on a CMarkup object allocated by the CMarkup::CreateInitialMarkup function.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1770 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 43.74%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34010 | exploit_db | edb | 2014-07-08 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 77.55% | 43.74% | -33.81% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 43.74% | 77.55% | +33.81% |
| 3 | 2025-03-23 | — | 43.74% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 7 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 8 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 9 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 10 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 11 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/239151 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67544 | VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030266 | VDB Entry |
| http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-140/ | Mitigation VDB Entry |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-035 | |
| https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2014/05/22/on-cve-2014-1770-zdi-14-140-internet-explorer-8-0day/ | Third Party Advisory |