PT-2016-1037 · Microsoft · Silverlight

Published 2016-01-13 · Updated 2025-04-04 · CVE-2016-0034

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Silverlight versions prior to 5.1.41212.0

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of negative offsets during decoding, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This is due to errors in processing reverse offsets during the decoding procedure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.41212.0, update to version 5.1.41212.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to web sites that could potentially exploit this issue until a patch is applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00104

CVE-2016-0034

Affected Products

Silverlight

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0034 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00104 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0034 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-006 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0034 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/108395 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117788 · Telegram Post
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-006 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034655 · Note