CVE-2023-36042

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 6.2
EPSS: EPSS 0.79 % · percentile 56 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-11-14
Updated: 2025-10-08
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Modified

Description

Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-40026
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-36042

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0947 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0 < 16.11.32
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.2 < 17.2.22
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.4 < 17.4.14
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.6 < 17.6.10
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 17.7 < 17.7.7

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6	affected 17.6.0 < 17.6.10
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7	affected 17.7.0 < 17.7.7
Microsoft · Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1	affected 4.8.1 < 4.8.09214.01

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36042

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD