---
id: "CVE-2014-6352"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2014-6352"]
title: "Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.77485
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft Windows", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "Microsoft Windows", "fixed": ["KB3010788 (MS14-064)"], "affected": "Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012, 2012 R2, RT, RT 8.1 without KB3010788", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "infrastructure", "internet-explorer", "ole", "self-hosted", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["patched-kb3010788", "server-core", "unknown", "windows-server-2003"]
published_at: "2014-10-22T14:55:06+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2014-6352", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6352", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": null, "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6352", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2014-6352 is a Windows OLE remote code execution flaw. Microsoft rates it Important and fixed it in MS14-064 on 2014-11-11 with KB3010788. An attacker needs a user to open a crafted OLE object, for example through a web page in Internet Explorer. The code runs with the user's rights. CISA lists it as exploited.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft Windows affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:Microsoft Windows affected Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012, 2012 R2, RT, RT 8.1 without KB3010788 fixed KB3010788 (MS14-064)

## How to check

Check whether KB3010788 is installed: run 'wmic qfe get HotFixID | findstr 3010788' or 'Get-HotFix -Id KB3010788' in PowerShell. If it is missing, the host is exposed. Windows Server 2003 and Server Core installations are not affected by this CVE. The edition list is in the bulletin.

## Fix

Install KB3010788 from MS14-064 (also KB3006226 for CVE-2014-6332 in the same bulletin). All the affected systems are long out of support, so move to a supported Windows release.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2014-6352
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6352
- 2026-10-23T21:26:50+00:00 analyst — Read MS14-064 (Microsoft Learn): CVE-2014-6352 is the OLE RCE fixed by KB3010788 (the other CVE in the bulletin, CVE-2014-6332, is KB3006226). Exploitation status comes from the CISA KEV listing; I did not read a PoC or an exploitation report.
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6352

## Documents

- [advisory] Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-064 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-064

## From the sources

Microsoft 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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object, as exploited in the wild in October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.

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