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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2013-3861

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5.1, 4, and 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via crafted character sequences in JSON data, aka "JSON Parsing Vulnerability."

HIGH 7.8EPSS 82.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 82.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5 SP1, 3.5.1, 4, and 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via crafted character sequences in JSON data, aka "JSON Parsing Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
82.44% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/.net framework
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%43%85%4 November 2026: 82.44%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 82.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.