CVE-2020-16874CriticalMicrosoft CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Microsoft security update for CVE-2020-16874 — Microsoft Visual Studio

Published
September 8, 2020
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-16874 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

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🎯 Affected products7

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 5 updates

5 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
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🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2020-16874

EchelonGraph score
7.8 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when it improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Visual Studio.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Visual Studio handles objects in memory.</p>

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2020-16874, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (7)