CVE-2023-36042 Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Visual Studio and .NET Framework by exploiting memory corruption flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-36042?
CVE-2023-36042 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 14 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-36042?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-36042?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-36042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-36042 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36042 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-2023-28262 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-25003 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-0789 Denial of service in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mj4-5v84-3p3j.