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HistoryDec 09, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Internet Explorer RtfToForeign32 Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2014-12-0900:00:00
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www.zerodayinitiative.com
30

0.834 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.5%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 specific flaw exists within the handling of arguments passed to the RtfToForeign32 function. By manipulating a document’s elements an attacker can access data outside the bounds of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.