CVE-2016-0034

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."

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2016-01-13

Last modified

2026-08-14

Known exploited (CISA KEV)

since 2022-05-25, action due 2022-06-15: The impacted products are end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Affected products

• Silverlight (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034655
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-006
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0034