CVE-2015-6166 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6166?

CVE-2015-6166 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41105.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access) via unspecified open and close requests, aka "Microsoft Silverlight RCE Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6166?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Silverlight.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6166?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-6166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-0034 Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-0074 Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-3896 Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 5.5
• CVE-2015-1715 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3178 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-39qg-cpx8-wqgc.