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CVE-2019-1079
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual…
Medium6.5EPSS 6.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio
- affected 2010 Service Pack 1
- affected 2012 Update 5
- affected 2013 Update 5
- affected 2015 Update 3
References (1)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1079 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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