CVE-2025-21178 | Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2025-01-14 Last update: 2025-01-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-21178 is rated Moderate Risk (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-21178

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-05 0.36% 0.49% +0.13%
2 2026-02-22 1.38% 0.36% -1.03%
3 2026-01-20 — 1.38% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-21178

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-21178

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-21178

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_studio_2017 >= 15.0, < 15.9.69 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2019 >= 16.0, < 16.11.43 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.6.0, < 17.6.22 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.8.0, < 17.8.17 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.10.0, < 17.10.10 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2022 >= 17.12.0, < 17.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-21178

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