Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1769, CVE-2014-1782, CVE-2014-2753, CVE-2014-2755, CVE-2014-2760, CVE-2014-2761, CVE-2014-2772, and CVE-2014-2776.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1785 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 55.94%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +19.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40946 | exploit_db | edb | 2016-12-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 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 | 2026-01-04 | 36.37% | 55.94% | +19.56% |
| 2 | 2025-07-20 | 38.99% | 36.37% | -2.62% |
| 3 | 2025-04-24 | — | 38.99% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 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 | 11 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |