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CVE-2016-0034

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score92.1730%

EPSS Percentile88.11th

PublishedJan 13, 2016

Last ModifiedApr 22, 2026

Vulnerability 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 Platforms (CPE)

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Microsoft

Silverlight

>= 5.0 and < 5.1.41212.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034655

🔗 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-006

🔗 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

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