Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11 / 2017 15.9 Products (January 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214119

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including:

- An undisclosed .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21176)

- An undisclosed Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21178)

- An undisclosed .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21172)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 16.11.43 for Visual Studio 2019
- Update 15.9.69 for Visual Studio 2017

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214119

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_jan_visual_studio_16_11_43.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 2/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50338, CVE-2025-21172, CVE-2025-21176, CVE-2025-21178

IAVA: 2025-A-0035-S

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