CVE-2020-0789

HIGH

Visual Studio 2019 16.0-16.4 - Denial of Service via Hard Link Mishandling

Title source: llm

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0789

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1

EPSS 0.0084

EPSS Percentile 53.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (1)

microsoft/visual_studio_2019 16.0 - 16.4

Published Mar 12, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026