CVE-2018-8172

Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.17.8High EPSS percentile98th33% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2018-07-11Updated 2024-11-21Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio software when the software does not check the source markup of a file for an unbuilt project, aka "Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Blend 4.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS98th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

33% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 98th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 2906 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2024-11-21Patch availablerecord updated
2018-07-11Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

Microsoft Corpcommercial · USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation
- Expression BlendOn-premOperating Systems / windows
- visual studioDesktop AppOn-premDevTools & CI / ide-editor
- visual studio 2017Dev ToolOn-premDevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual StudioDev ToolOn-premDevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Expression Blend 4Operating Systems
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3Dev ToolOn-premOperating Systems / windows
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2012Dev ToolOn-premDevTools & CI / ide-editor
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1Dev ToolOn-premDevTools & CI / ide-editor

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 7.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfoNo name in the record

Sources

References in the record

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