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High · 7.8 Known exploited · Ransomware Public exploit CVE-2013-0074 EUVD-2013-0117GHSA-px5j-h582-r6p9

Microsoft Silverlight 5, and 5 Developer Runtime, before 5.1.20125.0 does not properly validate pointers during HTML object rendering, whic…

Published Mar 13, 2013 · Updated Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

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."

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

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