Information disclosure in Visual Studio - CVE-2018-1037
Published: April 10, 2018 / Updated: April 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11733
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1037
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to Visual Studio improperly discloses limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files. A remote attacker can view uninitialized memory from the Visual Studio instance used to compile the PDB file.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1037
Install updates from vendor's website.