Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 (Includes 16.0 - 16.10)
CVE-2022-29117
.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.057 · change: +0.007
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 (Includes 16.0 - 16.10) — versions 16.11.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.9 (Includes 16.0 - 16.8) — versions 15.0.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.0 — versions 17.0.0
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.1 — versions 17.0.0
- Microsoft .Net — versions 5.0, 6.0.0
- Microsoft .Net 5.0 — versions 5.0.0
- Microsoft .Net 6.0 — versions 6.0.0
- Microsoft .Net Core — versions 3.1
- Microsoft .Net Core 3.1 — versions 3.1
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-29117?
- CVE-2022-29117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11 (Includes 16.0 - 16.10), classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-29117?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-29117 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.