CVE-2023-38180

HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption · actively exploited (CISA KEV)

7.5CVSS HIGH ● exploited

🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Added to KEV 2023-08-09. US federal agencies must patch by 2023-08-30.

Summary

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactNone

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

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

Affected products we track (1)

.NET

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38180 ↗

Additional information

NVD record
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38180Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38180Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CL2L4WE5QRT7WEXANYXSKSU43APC5N2V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NWVZFKTLNMNKPZ755EMRYIA6GHFOWGKY/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38180