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high 7.1

CVE-2020-0789 json

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links, aka 'Visual Stud…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-2276

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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