#VU83151 Input validation error in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36042 

 

#VU83151 Input validation error in Visual Studio - CVE-2023-36042

Published: November 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83151
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36042
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Visual Studio
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Visual Studio. A local attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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