Denial of service in Microsoft .NET Core and Visual Studio



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-36799
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Visual Studio
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

.NET
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Microsoft

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU80730

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36799

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in .NET Core and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Visual Studio: before 17.2.19 17.2.34031.104, 17.4.11 17.4.34031.109, 17.6.7 17.6.34031.178, 17.7.4 17.7.34031.279, 17.2.19 17.2.34031.104, 17.2.19 17.2.34031.104, 17.2.19 17.2.34031.104

.NET: before 6.0.22, 7.0.11, 6.0.22

CPE2.3 External links

http://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2023-36799


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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