CVE-2020-17156 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11473.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio 2017 Visual Studio 2019

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17156
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17156

History

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17156

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-12-09T23:36:59

Updated: 2025-08-28T22:23:33.110Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17156

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-10T00:15:16.543

Modified: 2025-08-28T23:15:43.713

Link: CVE-2020-17156

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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