Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2022-01-28. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-07-28. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1030154
- http://www.osvdb.org/106311
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-021
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/04/30/protection-strategies-for-the-security-advisory-2963983-ie-0day.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57908
- http://www.signalsec.com/cve-2014-1776-ie-0day-analysis/
- http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/04/new-zero-day-exploit-targeting-internet-explorer-versions-9-through-11-identified-in-targeted-attacks.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/222929
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2963983
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67075
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-mitigation-scripts
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2014-1776-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-internet-explorer-detection-script
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-1776
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
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