Integer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2025-21172
Published: January 15, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU102804
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21172
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS
.NET
Visual Studio
.NET for Linux
.NET for macOS
.NET
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in .NET and Visual Studio. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-21172
Install updates from vendor's website.