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	16.0 ≤ version < 16.11.26
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	17.0 ≤ version < 17.0.21
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	17.2 ≤ version < 17.2.15
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	17.4 ≤ version < 17.4.7
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022	17.5 ≤ version < 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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