CVE-2023-21567
MediumCVSS 5.6Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk54th percentile - higher than 54% of all known CVEs
Summary
Denial of Service vulnerability in Visual Studio.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could exploit this to cause Visual Studio to crash or become unavailable, potentially disrupting developer workflows.
Recommendation
Apply the latest security updates provided by Microsoft for Visual Studio.
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Original NVD description (English source)
Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

