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

high Nessus Plugin ID 214119

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b8864d1f

http://www.nessus.org/u?85e0b114

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214119

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_jan_visual_studio_16_11_43.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/14/2025

Updated: 1/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-21176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

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

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