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HistoryJan 10, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Visual Studio asm Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2019-01-1000:00:00
Simon Zuckerbraun of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
www.zerodayinitiative.com
8

0.017 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.0%

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on executables compiled using vulnerable installations of Microsoft Visual Studio. Attack vectors will vary depending on the nature of the executable in question. The specific flaw exists within the compilation of __asm blocks in Visual C++. Incorrect output produced by the compiler can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.