CVE-2015-6166 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Silverlight 5 before version 5.1.41105.00. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through out-of-bounds read or write access via unspecified open and close requests. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a highly severe vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.