CVE-2025-21178

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21178	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::-::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::

History

27 Jan 2025, 18:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::-::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
Summary		(es) Vulnerabilidad de ejecución remota de código en Visual Studio
First Time		Microsoft visual Studio 2019 Microsoft visual Studio 2017 Microsoft Microsoft visual Studio 2022
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21178 -~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21178 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

14 Jan 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-01-14 18:15

Updated : 2025-01-27 18:42

NVD link : CVE-2025-21178

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21178

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21178

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

visual_studio_2017
visual_studio_2019
visual_studio_2022

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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