THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-0176
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0176

Silverlight vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
22.5%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight 4 before 4.1.10329 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving crafted XAML glyphs, aka "Silverlight Double-Free Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Silverlight
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-05-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0176

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Silverlight is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0176.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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