Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
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By the Year
In 2026 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. Last year, in 2025 Visual Studio 2015 had 4 security vulnerabilities published. Right now, Visual Studio 2015 is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2026 than it did last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8.48 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7.03 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0.00 |
It may take a day or so for new Visual Studio 2015 vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Security Vulnerabilities
Jul 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-49739
8.8 - High
- July 08, 2025
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
insecure temporary file
Jan 2025: .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21172
7.5 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Jan 2025: .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21176
8.8 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Buffer Over-read
Jan 2025: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21178
8.8 - High
- January 14, 2025
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-0900
5.5 - Medium
- April 15, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-0793
7.8 - High
- March 12, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system.An attacker could then run a specially crafted application
CVE-2020-0810
7.8 - High
- March 12, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system.An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.The update addresses the vulnerability by not permitting Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector to create files in arbitrary locations., aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Improper Privilege Management
Aug 2018:
CVE-2018-0952
- August 15, 2018
An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector allows file creation in arbitrary locations, aka "Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows 10 Servers.
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