PT-2015-3198 · Microsoft · Silverlight

Published 2015-12-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Silverlight versions prior to 5.1.41105.00

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified open and close requests. This can result in out-of-bounds read or write access.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.41105.00, update to version 5.1.41105.00 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Silverlight platform until a patch is applied.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00568

CVE-2015-6166

Affected Products

Silverlight

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00568 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6166 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-129 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034321 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6166 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-129 · Note