CVE-2023-28262 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
A heap-based buffer overflow in Visual Studio allows attackers to escalate privileges on the local system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-28262?
CVE-2023-28262 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 11 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28262?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-28262?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28262 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-28262 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28262 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- CVE-2021-27068 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-32702 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-25003 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-0789 Denial of service in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- CVE-2023-36759 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m6fr-ppmm-864c.