RCE in Microsoft Silverlight
CVE-2013-3178
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."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.321 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.321 · newest: 0.321 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Silverlight — versions 5.0.60401.0, 5.0.60818.0, 5.0.61118.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-052 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1028755 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16892 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17389 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190A (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)