Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
By the Year
In 2021 there have been 14 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with an average score of 7.4 out of ten. Last year Visual Studio 2017 had 27 security vulnerabilities published. Right now, Visual Studio 2017 is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2021 than it did last year. Last year, the average CVE base score was greater by 0.08
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | 7.36 |
| 2020 | 27 | 7.43 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7.35 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7.10 |
It may take a day or so for new Visual Studio 2017 vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Security Vulnerabilities
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-42319
5.5 - Medium
- November 10, 2021
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper Privilege Management
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-42277
7.8 - High
- November 10, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper Privilege Management
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-26434
7.8 - High
- September 15, 2021
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper Privilege Management
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-36952
7.8 - High
- September 15, 2021
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Memory Corruption
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2021-26423
7.5 - High
- August 12, 2021
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
.NET Core and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2021-34485
5.5 - Medium
- August 12, 2021
.NET Core and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-27064
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper Privilege Management
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28321
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28313, CVE-2021-28322.
Improper Privilege Management
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28322
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28313, CVE-2021-28321.
Improper Privilege Management
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28313
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28321, CVE-2021-28322.
Improper Privilege Management
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1721
6.5 - Medium
- February 25, 2021
.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1639
7.8 - High
- February 25, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1680
7.8 - High
- January 12, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-1651.
Improper Privilege Management
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1651
7.8 - High
- January 12, 2021
Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-1680.
Improper Privilege Management
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17156
7.8 - High
- December 10, 2020
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Code Injection
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17100
5.5 - Medium
- November 11, 2020
Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability
Cure53 DOMPurify before 2.0.17 allows mutation XSS
CVE-2020-26870
6.1 - Medium
- October 07, 2020
Cure53 DOMPurify before 2.0.17 allows mutation XSS. This occurs because a serialize-parse roundtrip does not necessarily return the original DOM tree, and a namespace can change from HTML to MathML, as demonstrated by nesting of FORM elements.
XSS
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory
CVE-2020-16874
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16856.
Code Injection
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-1133
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1130.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations
CVE-2020-1130
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector improperly handles data operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1133.
Improper Privilege Management
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory
CVE-2020-16856
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16874.
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests
CVE-2020-1597
7.5 - High
- August 17, 2020
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests, aka 'ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
Improper Input Validation
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input
CVE-2020-1393
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input, leading to an unsecure library-loading behavior, aka 'Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1418.
Improper Privilege Management
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework
CVE-2020-1147
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework, Microsoft SharePoint, and Visual Studio when the software fails to check the source markup of XML file input, aka '.NET Framework, SharePoint Server, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-1293
7.8 - High
- June 09, 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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1278.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-1278
7.8 - High
- June 09, 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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1293.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory
CVE-2020-1202
7.8 - High
- June 09, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1203.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations
CVE-2020-1257
7.8 - High
- June 09, 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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1278, CVE-2020-1293.
Improper Privilege Management
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory
CVE-2020-1203
7.8 - High
- June 09, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fail to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1202.
Improper Privilege Management
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests
CVE-2020-1161
7.5 - High
- May 21, 2020
A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests, aka 'ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
Improper Input Validation
A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests
CVE-2020-1108
7.5 - High
- May 21, 2020
A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests, aka '.NET Core & .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability'.
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 Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions
CVE-2020-0899
5.5 - Medium
- April 15, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Improper Privilege Management
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL
CVE-2020-0884
3.7 - Low
- March 12, 2020
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability'.
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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
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
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input
CVE-2019-1349
8.8 - High
- January 24, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1352, CVE-2019-1354, CVE-2019-1387.
Improper Input Validation
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input
CVE-2019-1350
8.8 - High
- January 24, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1352, CVE-2019-1354, CVE-2019-1387.
Improper Input Validation
A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths
CVE-2019-1351
7.5 - High
- January 24, 2020
A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability'.
Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input
CVE-2019-1354
8.8 - High
- January 24, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1352, CVE-2019-1387.
Improper Input Validation
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input
CVE-2019-1352
8.8 - High
- January 24, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly sanitizes input, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1354, CVE-2019-1387.
Improper Input Validation
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files
CVE-2019-1425
6.5 - Medium
- November 12, 2019
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio fails to properly validate hardlinks while extracting archived files, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
insecure temporary file
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations
CVE-2019-1232
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2019
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files
CVE-2019-1211
7.3 - High
- August 14, 2019
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user
CVE-2019-1113
8.8 - High
- July 15, 2019
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka '.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Improper Input Validation
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions
CVE-2019-1077
5 - Medium
- July 15, 2019
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector
CVE-2019-0727
7.8 - High
- May 16, 2019
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector allows file deletion in arbitrary locations.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, aka 'Diagnostic Hub Standard Collector, Visual Studio Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Installer improperly validates input before loading dynamic link library (DLL) files
CVE-2019-0809
7.8 - High
- April 09, 2019
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio C++ Redistributable Installer improperly validates input before loading dynamic link library (DLL) files, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Untrusted Path
A vulnerability exists in certain .Net Framework API's and Visual Studio in the way they parse URL's
CVE-2019-0657
5.9 - Medium
- March 05, 2019
A vulnerability exists in certain .Net Framework API's and Visual Studio in the way they parse URL's, aka '.NET Framework and Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability'.
Improper Input Validation
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework and Visual Studio software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user
CVE-2019-0613
8.8 - High
- March 05, 2019
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework and Visual Studio software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka '.NET Framework and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Buffer Overflow
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when the C++ compiler improperly handles specific combinations of C++ constructs
CVE-2019-0546
7.8 - High
- January 08, 2019
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when the C++ compiler improperly handles specific combinations of C++ constructs, aka "Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations
CVE-2018-8599
7.8 - High
- December 12, 2018
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly impersonates certain file operations, aka "Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
An Elevation of Privilege vulnerability exists when Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector
CVE-2018-0952
7.8 - High
- 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.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio software when the software does not check the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project
CVE-2018-8172
7.8 - High
- July 11, 2018
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio software when the software does not check the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project, aka "Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend 4.
A Tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft Macro Assembler improperly validates code
CVE-2018-8232
7.8 - High
- July 11, 2018
A Tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft Macro Assembler improperly validates code, aka "Microsoft Macro Assembler Tampering Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
Improper Input Validation
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files
CVE-2018-1037
4.3 - Medium
- April 12, 2018
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
Use of Uninitialized Resource
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