CVE-2020-16856

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16874.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Visual Studio

First reported 4 years ago

2020-09-11 17:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-09-17 15:45:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5

2012

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

References

N/A

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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