CVE-2016-0034 | BDVDB-2026-73796 Detail

MicrosoftSilverlight

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."

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-01-13Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-08-14Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2016-01-13
Last modified: 2026-08-14

Vendor information

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Silverlight

All Microsoft vulnerabilities

Score

8.8 High

EPSS

69.3%, High

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 99.4.

KEV

Yes

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

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

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).