CVE-2016-3367

HIGH

Microsoft Silverlight 5 - Remote Code Execution via StringBuilder Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

StringBuilder in Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.50709.0 does not properly allocate memory for string-insert and string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Silverlight Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036795
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92837

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.1779
EPSS Percentile 96.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/silverlight 5.0
Published Sep 14, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026