The severity ratings indicated for each affected software assume the potential maximum impact of the vulnerability. To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, see Microsoft Support Lifecycle. Versions or editions that are not listed are either past their support life cycle or are not affected. The following software versions or editions are affected. Affected Software and Vulnerability Severity Ratings For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Vulnerability Information section.įor more information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3126036. The update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting how Microsoft Silverlight validates decoder results. For more information, see the Affected Software section. This security update is rated Critical for Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Microsoft Silverlight 5 Developer Runtime when installed on Mac or all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email or instant message that takes users to the attacker's website. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a compromised website. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a compromised website that contains a specially crafted Silverlight application. This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight. Published: Janu| Updated: January 14, 2016 In this article Security Update for Silverlight to Address Remote Code Execution (3126036)

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