CVE-2023-28262

Published: Apr 11, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected (5)

Products: Microsoft: Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2022

2 products

Visual Studio 2019

Visual Studio 2022

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019	From 16.0 to 16.11.26
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	From 17.0 to 17.0.21
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	From 17.2 to 17.2.15
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	From 17.4 to 17.4.7
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	From 17.5 to 17.5.4

Related CWEs

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References (2)

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28262

Source: secure@microsoft.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28262

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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