CVE-2013-0074
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV) Used in ransomware campaigns
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
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."
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 79% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
Affected products
microsoft: silverlight
References
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071A Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071A Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%… Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013… US Government Resource