CVE-2016-0034
Microsoft Silverlight: Runtime Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2016-0034 in Microsoft Silverlight is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 25 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Known
- EPSS score
- 0.69Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.39 on 25 May 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Silverlight mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS).
CISA's 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."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 13 January 2016
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-20
- Improper Input Validation
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Silverlight: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-0074Double Dereference | Microsoft Silverlight | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2013-3896Information Disclosure | Microsoft Silverlight | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.68; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.68 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org