CVE-2019-1079
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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 parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-1079- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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 - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-1079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9660 No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9660- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9grw-p63q-8443 No score
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in...
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-9grw-p63q-8443- 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-2019-1079 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Visual Studio, published July 15, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.12%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.