CVE-2013-3178

critical
Published 2013-07-10 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
9.3

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftsilverlight5.0.60401.0
windows microsoftsilverlight5.0.60818.0
windows microsoftsilverlight5.0.61118.0
windows microsoftsilverlight5.1.10411.0
windows microsoftsilverlight5.1.20125.0

References

CWEs

CWE-94

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.