PT-2023-7214 · Microsoft · Visual Studio+1

Published 2023-11-14 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-36042

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in Microsoft Visual Studio, which can lead to a denial of service when exploited. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

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

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08242

CVE-2023-36042

Affected Products

.Net Framework

Visual Studio

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36042 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36042 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/60801 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/DOTNETDOKTOR/status/1744845622891487487 · Twitter Post