CVE-2023-36759 (GCVE-0-2023-36759)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-12 16:58 – Updated: 2025-10-30 18:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
CWE
- CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 |
Affected:
17.2.0 , < 17.2.19
(custom)
|
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) |
Affected:
16.11.0 , < 16.11.30
(custom)
|
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 |
Affected:
17.4.0 , < 17.4.11
(custom)
|
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7 |
Affected:
17.7.0 , < 17.7.4
(custom)
|
|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 |
Affected:
17.6.0 , < 17.6.7
(custom)
|
Date Public
2023-09-12 07:00
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