CVE-2024-43590
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 8, 2024 at 05:36 PM UTC
Updated: July 7, 2026 at 03:55 PM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022Visual StudioVisual Studio 2019
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Visual C++ Redistributable Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
10.0.0 ≤ v < 14.40.3381610.0.0
Affected range stops below 14.40.33816, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
17.10 ≤ v < 17.10.817.11 ≤ v < 17.11.517.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.2017.8.0 ≤ v < 17.8.15
Affected range stops below 17.10.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.9.67, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.9.67, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.11.41, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
17.10 ≤ v < 17.10.817.10.0 ≤ v < 17.10.817.11 ≤ v < 17.11.517.11.0 ≤ v < 17.11.517.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.2017.8.0 ≤ v < 17.8.1517.1017.1117.6.017.8.0
Affected range stops below 17.10.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43590SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo
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