CVE-2024-38229: .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2024-Oct

Released

2024-10-08

Last Updated

2024-10-09

EPSS Score

0.97% (percentile: 76.6%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

Affected Products (7)

Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
• .NET 8.0 installed on Windows
• .NET 8.0 installed on Linux
• .NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11

Security Updates (5)

• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• 5045993
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

Radek Zikmund of Microsoft Corporation

Revision History

• 2024-10-08: Information published.
• 2024-10-09: Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.