CVE-2023-21815
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.8 High
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
0.52%Down 0.6 points since Feb 15, 2023
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21815- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-191
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25981
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mj27-g8rm-4w5r
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-mj27-g8rm-4w5r- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21815- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-191
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual studio 2013 update 5
- microsoft visual studio 2015 update 3
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.0
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.2
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.4
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft visual studio 2019
- microsoft visual studio 2022
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21815 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5, published February 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.