CVE-2023-36042: Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.11.32 — fixed in 16.11.32
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.2 before 17.2.22; from 17.4 before 17.4.14; from 17.6 before 17.6.10; from 17.7 before 17.7.7 — fixed in 17.2.22, 17.4.14, 17.6.10, 17.7.7
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1: from 4.8.1 before 4.8.09214.01 — fixed in 4.8.09214.01
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6: from 17.6.0 before 17.6.10 — fixed in 17.6.10
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.7.0 before 17.7.7 — fixed in 17.7.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11.32; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.2.22, 17.4.14, 17.6.10, 17.7.7; Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 4.8.09214.01; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 17.6.10; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.7.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

Get alerted when CVE-2023-36042 or the next vulnerability affects your stack