{"id":65463,"date":"2014-04-28T12:34:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T10:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=65463"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:43:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:43:48","slug":"security-vulnerability-found-in-all-versions-of-internet-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/security-vulnerability-found-in-all-versions-of-internet-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"All versions of Internet Explorer have major security vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft<\/a> has announced the discovery of a security vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer<\/a>, from 6 to 11. Together, this means a quarter of the browser market<\/strong> is affected by the problem.
\nMicrosoft is working on a patch to fix the issue, but until then, the best advice is to stop using Internet Explorer. Google Chrome<\/a> and Firefox<\/a> are good, safe alternatives.<\/p>\n

This is how Microsoft describes the vulnerability:
\n“The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer. An attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website.”<\/p>\n

A further problem is for XP users. As was widely advertised, Microsoft has stopped support for the operating system, meaning when a security risk like this emerges, users will be at risk. That a big risk like this has appeared so soon is evidence of how dangerous it can be to continue using an operating system that no longer has security support.<\/p>\n

Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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