VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-4118

critical
Published 2014-11-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

XML Core Services (aka MSXML) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system-state corruption) via crafted XML content, aka "MSXML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-067

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected
windows windowsr2affected

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.