CVE-2015-6166

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 9, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-6166: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix