CVE-2023-23381 (GCVE-0-2023-23381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 20:09 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:27
VLAI
Title
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-23 17:49 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2023-02-14 08:00
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