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01 Record

CVE-2020-16874

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

02 Description

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
4.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-09-11 17:08Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 13:45Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-08-04
Assigning CNA
microsoft
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f211e7a77497bbd5cbe225f28d6c604a8d8c6b0185bb6455a5cfd2713447f67f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.016.0 to < publicationUnknown
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 511.0.0 to < publicationUnknown
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 512.0.0 to < publicationUnknown
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 314.0.0 to < publicationUnknown

06 References