CVE-2025-21178
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2025 at 06:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:42 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022Visual Studio 2019Visual Studio 2017
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
14.0.0 ≤ v < 14.0.24252.214.0.0
Affected range stops below 14.0.24252.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.9.69, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.11.43, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
17.10.0 ≤ v < 17.10.1017.12.0 ≤ v < 17.12.417.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.2217.8.0 ≤ v < 17.8.1717.10.017.12.017.6.017.8.0
Affected range stops below 17.10.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.17, 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-2025-21178SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-125NVD-CWE-noinfo
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