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CVE-2020-17156

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published

2020-12-10T00:15:16.543

Last Modified

2025-08-28T23:15:43.713

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	visual_studio_2017	≤ 15.9	Yes
Application	microsoft	visual_studio_2019	≤ 16.8	Yes

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17156 ([email protected])
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17156 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)