cve-2025-21178
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-14 18:04
Modified
2025-02-21 20:29
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| secure@microsoft.com | https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21178 | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
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| ▼ | Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) |
Version: 15.9.0 < 15.9.69 |
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