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

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft .NET: from 8.0.0 before 8.0.8 — fixed in 8.0.8
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.6.0 before 17.6.18; from 17.8.0 before 17.8.13; from 17.10.0 before 17.10.6 — fixed in 17.10.6, 17.6.18, 17.8.13
• Microsoft .NET 8.0: from 8.0 before 8.0.8 — fixed in 8.0.8
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10 before 17.10.6 — fixed in 17.10.6
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6: from 17.6.0 before 17.6.18 — fixed in 17.6.18
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.13 — fixed in 17.8.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft .NET 8.0.8; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.10.6, 17.6.18, 17.8.13; Microsoft .NET 8.0 8.0.8; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 17.10.6; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 17.6.18; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 17.8.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38168

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