Visual StudioApplication · Microsoft

CVE-2022-35777

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Developing Published 2022-08-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 16.11 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-07-31.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Visual StudioApplication
Affected:= 2012= 2013= 2015
Visual Studio 2017Application
Affected:>= 15.0, <= 15.9
Visual Studio 2019Application
Affected:>= 16.0, <= 16.11
Visual Studio 2022Application
Affected:= 17.0= 17.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 16.11
Recommended fix High confidence

Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 or later (for VS 2022 users); Visual Studio 2019 version 16.12 or later (for VS 2019 users); Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9.48 or later (for VS 2017 users); Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 with KB3163245 or later

  1. 1. Close all instances of Visual Studio
  2. 2. Back up any custom extensions or settings if needed
  3. 3. Download Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 or later from visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads
  4. 4. Run the installer and follow the prompts to update
  5. 5. Alternatively, open Visual Studio and go to Help > Check for Updates to receive the security patch
  6. 6. Restart Visual Studio after the update completes
  7. 7. Verify the version by going to Help > About Microsoft Visual Studio and confirming the build number is 17.3 or higher
Caveat Major version upgrades may include breaking changes; review the Visual Studio release notes for the target version before upgrading

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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