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CVE-2025-21178

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 76th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.18.8HighEPSS percentile76th1.6% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix5 products5 fixed builds listed below
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OpenVAS · 2 checks

e.g. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.834577

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Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

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What to do

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  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3Affected: ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.0.24252.2Upgrade to: 14.0.24252.2Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9Affected: ≥ 15.9.0, < 15.9.69Upgrade to: 15.9.69Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11Affected: ≥ 16.11.0, < 16.11.43Upgrade to: 16.11.43Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10Affected: ≥ 17.10.0, < 17.10.10Upgrade to: 17.10.10Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12Affected: ≥ 17.12.0, < 17.12.4Upgrade to: 17.12.4Stated by: CVE record

Versions as the sources state them. 5 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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.

EPSS76th
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

1.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 76th percentile of scored CVEs.

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

Lifecycle

6 events over 527 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 5 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 8.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • 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

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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