CVE-2020-17156
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17156- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9110
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-9110- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wmhc-c6v3-r3vr
, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
, aka 'Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-wmhc-c6v3-r3vr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17156- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.0
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.8
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft visual studio 2019
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17156 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), published December 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.11%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.