CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-0034

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-01-13 Modified 2026-08-14 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).

Added to KEV
2022-05-25
Remediation due
2022-06-15
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0034
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-01-13
Last modified
2026-08-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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."

Affected configurations

• microsoft silverlight (>= 5.0 < 5.1.41212.0)

References