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CVE-2016-0034

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41212.0 mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

High8.8Known exploitedEPSS 69.4%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
microsoft

Description

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41212.0 mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (object-header corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

Added
25 May 2022
Fix due (US federal)
15 Jun 2022
Used by ransomware
Known

The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-0034, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
69.4% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

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  • CWE-noinfo Not enough information

Affected products

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    • affected n/a

References (3)

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