Denial of service in Microsoft Visual Studio



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-30046
CWE-ID CWE-362
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Visual Studio
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

Vendor Microsoft

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU89436

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-30046

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in Visual Studio. A remote attacker can exploit the race and cause a denial of service condition on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Visual Studio: 2022 version 17.4 - 2022 version 17.9

CPE2.3 External links

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2024-30046


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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