CVE-2014-0271: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 38.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The VBScript engine in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11, and VBScript 5.6 through 5.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "VBScript Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6 only; version 7 only; version 8 only; version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only
• Microsoft Vbscript: version 5.6 only; version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2014-02-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.