CVE-2020-16856
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-11 17:08
Modified
2024-08-04 13:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16856Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
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