Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS14-010; CVE-2014-0279)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0865
Date Published: 11 Feb 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 22 January, 2025
Source: CVE-2014-0278
CVE-2014-0279
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R70

  • R71
  • R75 and above

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    Who is Vulnerable? Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP for supported editions of Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64
    Internet Explorer 8 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003
    Internet Explorer 8 in supported editions of Windows Vista
    Internet Explorer 8 in supported editions of Windows Server 2008
    Internet Explorer 8 in supported editions of Windows 7
    Internet Explorer 8 in supported editions of Windows Server 2008 R2
    Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due an error in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object that has not been correctly initialized or has been deleted. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted web-page with an affected version of Internet Explorer. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to take complete control of the target system.
    Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS14-010

    Protection Overview

    This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML file.

    In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

    Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS14-010; CVE-2014-0279) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
    Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
    Attack Information: Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption (MS14-010; CVE-2014-0279)

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