# CVE-2013-0074: Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability

> CVE-2013-0074: Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-0074
Last updated: 2026-08-14T03:55:56Z

- Published: 2013-03-13 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-14 03:55 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 78.9%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-05-25, federal due date 2022-06-15, ransomware use: Known

## 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."

## CISA required action

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft: Silverlight

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0074)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0074)
- [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-022](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-022)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16516](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A16516)
- [https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16565](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%253Aorg.mitre.oval%253Adef%253A16565)
- [http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071A](http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071A)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-0074 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2013-0074.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2013-0074 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T01:59:15.421Z