Double free in Microsoft Silverlight - CVE-2012-0176

 

Double free in Microsoft Silverlight - CVE-2012-0176

Published: December 28, 2016 / Updated: March 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU2998
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0176
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Silverlight

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to double-free error when rendering specially crafted XAML glyphs. A remote attacker can create a Web site containing a malicious XAML browser application, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2012-0176

Insatll update from vendor's wenbsite:

Microsoft Silverlight 4 when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows clients:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8ea4fc68-7b03-43f6-bc41-af47e7aa8c7b
Microsoft Silverlight 4 when installed on all supported releases of Microsoft Windows servers:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8ea4fc68-7b03-43f6-bc41-af47e7aa8c7b

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