CVE-2013-0074 Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference

What is CVE-2013-0074?

CVE-2013-0074 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0074?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Silverlight.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Jun 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-0074 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-0074 in the wild since at least 25 May 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2016-0034 Microsoft Silverlight Runtime Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-3896 Microsoft Silverlight Information Disclosure Exploited Medium 5.5
• CVE-2015-6166 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2015-1715 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3178 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-px5j-h582-r6p9.