CVE-2014-2779
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
mpengine.dll in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine before 1.1.10701.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | malware_protection_engine | {"endIncluding":"1.1.10600.0"} | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59337
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68076
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030438
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2974294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59337
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68076
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030438
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2974294
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.