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Track your version:Monitors Microsoft Visual Studio and tailors your dashboard to that exact version.

all versions35/100 High risk

Visual Studio IDE on Windows; assessed at product level on recent advisories. Visual Studio Code is a separate product.

Summary iPlain-English security verdict for Microsoft Visual Studio, generated from its current health score, actively-exploited vulnerabilities, and latest supported version.

Microsoft Visual Studio currently scores 35/100 — high risk. No tracked vulnerabilities are currently known to be exploited in the wild. Upgrade soon — serious vulnerabilities are open and a fix usually exists.

Disclosure trend iNew CVEs published for Microsoft Visual Studio each year (NVD). A higher bar means more disclosures that year — more scrutiny, not necessarily less safe.

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Patch priority — what to act on iThe issues to fix first — actively exploited (CISA KEV) first, then by exploitation probability (EPSS), then severity. Each row's "→ fixed in" is the earliest version that patches it; "see advisory" means no fixed version is published.

Most urgent first — actively exploited, then likeliest to be exploited.

CVE-2008-3704 HIGH Memory corruption EPSS 56% → see advisory CVE-2009-2493 HIGH CWE-264 EPSS 43% → see advisory CVE-2009-0901 HIGH Code injection EPSS 43% → see advisory CVE-2009-2495 MEDIUM Information disclosure EPSS 42% → see advisory CVE-2018-8172 HIGH EPSS 31% → see advisory CVE-2007-4891 MEDIUM OS command injection EPSS 31% → see advisory

See all 57 known Microsoft Visual Studio CVEs & security history →

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Frequently asked

Is Microsoft Visual Studio safe and patched?

What should I do about Microsoft Visual Studio now?

Review the patch-priority list, apply the available fixes (or move to the latest release), and confirm against Microsoft's official advisory.

lifecycle unknown — needs latest supported version

Informational only, from public data (NVD · CISA KEV · EPSS · endoflife.date), and can lag or miss vendor-specific fixes. Always confirm against Microsoft's official advisory before you patch or upgrade — Microsoft Visual Studio official site ↗