PT-2018-3941 · Microsoft · Visual Studio

Mateusz Jurczyk · Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2021-08-12 · CVE-2018-1037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Visual Studio (affected versions not specified)

Description An information disclosure issue exists due to the improper disclosure of limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files. This could allow a remote attacker to disclose protected information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06755

CVE-2018-1037

Affected Products

Visual Studio

References · 8

• 🔥 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1500 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1037 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-1037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06755 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040664 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103715 · Note