Denial of Service Vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight 4 by Microsoft
CVE-2011-1844

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Silverlight
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 May 2011

What is CVE-2011-1844?

A memory leak exists in Microsoft Silverlight 4 that can permit remote attackers to create a denial of service condition. This happens via an application utilizing a popup control combined with a custom DependencyProperty property, leading to excessive memory consumption. The issue arises due to inadequate garbage collection mechanisms, enabling sustained memory usage that could impact system performance.

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References

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=10747
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526954
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EPSS Score

19% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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