CVE tracker / CVE-2024-38229
CVE-2024-38229
CVE-2024-38229 is the .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 8.1. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published October 8, 2024.
Risk summary
HighRemote Code Execution
8.1
CVSS v3 base
2.1%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
High
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV
How to fix it
Microsoft lists 7 affected products and the update that fixes each:
- KB5045993 · fixed build 8.0.10
.NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS, .NET 8.0 installed on Linux, .NET 8.0 installed on Windows - Release Notes · fixed build 17.11.5, 17.10.8, 17.8.15
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6
What Microsoft changed
- October 9, 2024: Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
- October 8, 2024: Information published.
Details
- Weakness
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
- No
- Exploited (Microsoft)
- No
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- Not listed
- Published
- October 8, 2024
- Last revised
- October 9, 2024
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References
From Microsoft, CISA, NVD and FIRST data; the Microsoft details were read when this page was opened. Check the references above before you act.