CVE-2015-6165

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41105.00 allows remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6114.

Published: 2015-12-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-6165 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.63%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6165

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-24 17.04% 16.63% -0.41%
2 2026-06-15 17.53% 17.04% -0.49%
3 2026-03-17 17.53%

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6165

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6165

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft silverlight 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6165

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