CVE-2020-1971: OpenSSL: CVE-2020-1971 EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference

Overview

Severity

N/A

Category

Denial of Service

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2021-Oct

Released

2021-10-12

EPSS Score

0.34% (percentile: 56.4%)

FAQ

Why is this OpenSSL Software Foundation CVE included in the Security Update Guide? The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in OpenSSL Software which is consumed by Microsoft Visual Studio. It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest builds of Visual Studio are no longer vulnerable. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information.

Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

• GitHub PoC: 2 repositories

Affected Products (5)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)

Security Updates (5)

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Revision History

• 2021-10-12: Information published.