CVE-2012-0014 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0014?

CVE-2012-0014 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 14 Feb 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5.1, and 4, and Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10111, does not properly restrict access to memory associated with unmanaged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted XAML browser application (aka XBAP), (2) a crafted ASP.NET application, (3) a crafted .NET Framework application, or (4) a crafted Silverlight application, aka ".NET Framework Unmanaged Objects Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0014?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft Silverlight.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2012-0014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-25c7-5442-g7pq.