7.5

CVE-2023-38178: microsoft microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.2 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38178GHSA-p57v-gv7q-4xfmBIT-dotnet-2023-38178
Published 08-08-2023Last modified 10-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-38178 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in microsoft microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.2. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-6278-2

Timeline

  1. 08-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.59% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

NuGet8 products
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-arm64≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x86≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
  • Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-arm≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
Microsoft5 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • dotnet6< 6.0.121-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
  • dotnet7< 7.0.110-0ubuntu1~22.04.1

3 vendors · 15 products

References

9 links