CVE-2024-38168: .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Denial of Service

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Aug

Released

2024-08-13

EPSS Score

2.91% (percentile: 86.4%)

Affected Products (4)

Developer Tools

• .NET 8.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8

Security Updates (4)

• 5042132
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

Brennan Conroy of Microsoft Corporation

Revision History

• 2024-08-13: Information published.