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CVE-2013-3178

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 32.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Silverlight 5 before 5.1.20513.0 does not properly initialize arrays, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted Silverlight application, aka "Null Pointer Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Silverlight: 5.0.60401.0, 5.0.60818.0, 5.0.60818.0-rc, 5.0.61118.0, 5.1.10411.0, 5.1.20125.0

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028755
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-052
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16892
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17389
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028755
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-052
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16892
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17389

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