Medium severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-36042
Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VS
Visual Studio 2019 · Microsoft
16.0 before 16.11.32 · source: NVD
VS
Visual Studio 2022 · Microsoft
17.2 before 17.2.22; 17.4 before 17.4.14; 17.6 before 17.6.10; 17.7 before 17.7.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36042
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36042
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36042
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