Sep 2023: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36793 Published on September 12, 2023

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Github Repository Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

Products Associated with CVE-2023-36793

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Microsoft Net

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022

Microsoft Powershell

Microsoft Visual Studio

Microsoft .NET Framework

Affected Versions

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8):

Version 15.9.0 and below 15.9.57 is affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2:

Version 17.2.0 and below 17.2.21 is affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10):

Version 16.11.0 and below 16.11.30 is affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4:

Version 17.4.0 and below 17.4.13 is affected.

Microsoft .NET 7.0:

Version 7.0.0 and below 7.0.13 is affected.

Microsoft .NET 6.0:

Version 6.0.0 and below 6.0.24 is affected.

Microsoft PowerShell 7.2:

Version 7.2.0 and below 7.2.12 is affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6:

Version 17.6.0 and below 17.6.9 is affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7:

Version 17.7.0 and below 17.6.9 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8:

Version 4.8.0 and below 4.8.04667.02 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8:

Version 4.8.0 and below 4.8.04667.03 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2:

Version 3.0.0.0 and below 10.0.14393.6252 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2:

Version 4.7.0 and below 4.7.04063.05 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2:

Version 4.7.0 and below 4.7.04063.02 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1:

Version 4.8.1 and below 4.8.09186.01 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2:

Version 4.7.0 and below 4.7.04063.01 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.6.2:

Version 4.7.0 and below 10.0.10240.20162 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2:

Version 2.0.0 and below 3.0.30729.8957 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2:

Version 3.0.0 and below 3.0.30729.8957 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5:

Version 3.5.0 and below 3.0.30729.8957 is affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1:

Version 3.5.0 and below 3.0.30729.8957 is affected.

Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2023-36793

Package Manager	Vulnerable Package	Versions	Fixed In
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64	>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.10	7.0.11
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64	>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.21	6.0.22
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64	>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.10	7.0.11
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64	>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.21	6.0.22
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x86	>= 6.0.0, <= 6.0.21	6.0.22
nuget	Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x86	>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.10	7.0.11

Exploit Probability

EPSS

1.71%

Percentile

82.08%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.