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Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.12 Products (January 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214120

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 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21405)

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 17.12.4 for Visual Studio 2022

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cf72a0ca

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214120

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_jan_visual_studio_17_12_4.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-2025-21171, CVE-2025-21172, CVE-2025-21173, CVE-2025-21176, CVE-2025-21178, CVE-2025-21405