CVE-2019-0537
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Record
CVE-2019-0537- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Record
CVE-2019-0537- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-1310 No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Record
EUVD-2019-1310- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j22w-3p2c-jwhf
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file, aka "Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Record
GHSA-j22w-3p2c-jwhf- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-0537 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Visual Studio, published January 8, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.61%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.