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Known Exploited Microsoft Silverlight Vulnerabilities
The following Microsoft Silverlight vulnerabilities have been marked by CISA as Known to be Exploited by threat actors.
| Title | Description | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
Microsoft Silverlight mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which allows attackers to execute remote code or cause a denial-of-service. CVE-2016-0034 Exploit Probability: 47.1% |
May 25, 2022 |
| Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
Microsoft Silverlight does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Silverlight application. CVE-2013-3896 Exploit Probability: 81.7% |
May 25, 2022 |
| Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability |
Microsoft Silverlight does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted Silverlight application. CVE-2013-0074 Exploit Probability: 93.1% |
May 25, 2022 |
Of the known exploited vulnerabilities above, 2 are in the top 1%, or the 99th percentile of the EPSS exploit probability rankings. The vulnerability CVE-2016-0034: Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is in the top 5% of the currently known exploitable vulnerabilities.
By the Year
In 2025 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Silverlight.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0.00 |
It may take a day or so for new Silverlight vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Microsoft Silverlight Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.41212.0 mishandles negative offsets during decoding, which
CVE-2016-0034
8.8 - High
- January 13, 2016
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 Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Live Meeting 2007 Console; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync Basic 2013 SP1; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00; and Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime before 5.1.40416.00
CVE-2015-1671
7.8 - High
- May 13, 2015
The Windows DirectWrite library, as used in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.5.2; Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2; Live Meeting 2007 Console; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync Basic 2013 SP1; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.40416.00; and Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime before 5.1.40416.00, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20913.0 does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which
CVE-2013-3896
5.5 - Medium
- October 09, 2013
Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20913.0 does not properly validate pointers during access to Silverlight elements, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Vulnerability."
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, and 4.5; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20513.0; win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers, and GDI+, DirectWrite, and Journal, in Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT; GDI+ in Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1; GDI+ in Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; and GDI+ in Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013
CVE-2013-3129
- July 10, 2013
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5.1, 4, and 4.5; Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20513.0; win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers, and GDI+, DirectWrite, and Journal, in Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT; GDI+ in Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1; GDI+ in Visual Studio .NET 2003 SP1; and GDI+ in Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType Font (TTF) file, aka "TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
Code Injection
Microsoft Silverlight 5, and 5 Developer Runtime, before 5.1.20125.0 does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which
CVE-2013-0074
7.8 - High
- March 13, 2013
Microsoft Silverlight 5, and 5 Developer Runtime, before 5.1.20125.0 does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability."
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 SP3, 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5.1, and 4, and Silverlight 4 before 4.0.60831, does not properly restrict inheritance, which
CVE-2011-1253
- October 12, 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 SP3, 1.1 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5.1, and 4, and Silverlight 4 before 4.0.60831, does not properly restrict inheritance, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted XAML browser application (aka XBAP), (2) a crafted ASP.NET application, (3) a crafted .NET Framework application, or (4) a crafted Silverlight application, aka ".NET Framework Class Inheritance Vulnerability."
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and SP2, 3.5 Gold and SP1, 3.5.1, and 4.0, and Silverlight 4 before 4.0.60531.0, does not properly validate arguments to unspecified networking API functions, which
CVE-2011-0664
- June 16, 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and SP2, 3.5 Gold and SP1, 3.5.1, and 4.0, and Silverlight 4 before 4.0.60531.0, does not properly validate arguments to unspecified networking API functions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted XAML browser application (aka XBAP), (2) a crafted ASP.NET application, (3) a crafted .NET Framework application, or (4) a crafted Silverlight application, aka ".NET Framework Array Offset Vulnerability."
Improper Input Validation
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