Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-28296

CVE-2023-28296:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-28296) is a security flaw affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2022, 2019, and 2017. The vulnerability was disclosed in April 2023 as part of Microsoft's regular security updates (Microsoft Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Double Free issue (CWE-415) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH), and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, but no privileges, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD Database).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system, potentially leading to full system compromise with the same privileges as the logged-in user (Microsoft Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple versions of Visual Studio. Affected versions include Visual Studio 2022 (versions 17.0 through 17.5), Visual Studio 2019 (versions 16.0 through 16.11), and Visual Studio 2017 (versions 15.0 through 15.9). Users are advised to update to the latest patched versions (NVD Database).