Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-21178

CVE-2025-21178:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21178) is a security flaw affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Visual Studio. The vulnerability was disclosed on January 14, 2025, and affects Visual Studio versions 2017, 2019, and 2022 across various builds (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has identified this as both a Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) and an Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability allows for remote code execution in affected versions of Visual Studio, potentially enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the affected application. The high CVSS score indicates severe potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates for affected versions of Visual Studio. The affected versions include Visual Studio 2017 (15.0 to 15.9.69), Visual Studio 2019 (16.0 to 16.11.43), and Visual Studio 2022 (multiple version ranges including 17.6.0-17.6.22, 17.8.0-17.8.17, 17.10.0-17.10.10, and 17.12.0-17.12.4). Users are advised to update to the latest patched versions (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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