CVE-2024-43590
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege 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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-43590- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-40342
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-40342- 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-hxgv-4m8q-mh2f
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-hxgv-4m8q-mh2f- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-43590- 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-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft visual c++ redistributable installer
- 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 17.10
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.11
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.6
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.8
- microsoft visual c\+\+ redistributable
- 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-2024-43590 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Installer, published October 8, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.