CVE-2016-0034 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since May 25, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.53354.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Silverlight

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:silverlight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034655
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-006

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.43403}`	epss `{'score': 0.43592}`

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-05-25'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-01-13T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:41.111Z

Reserved: 2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0034

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:08:12.993Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-01-13T05:59:22.657

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-0034

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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