Microsoft Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2018-1037 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by KB4091346, released April 10, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly discloses limited contents of uninitialized memory while compiling program database (PDB) files. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view uninitialized memory from the Visual Studio instance used to compile the PDB file.</p> <p>To take advantage of the vulnerability, an attacker would require access to an affected PDB file created using a vulnerable version of Visual Studio. An attacker would have no way to force a developer to produce this information disclosure.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how PDB files are generated when a project is compiled.</p>
Where it's fixed
Patch Radar data is free to use with attribution. Terms and how to credit it.
Product names, logos and trademarks shown on Patch Radar belong to their respective owners. They are used only to identify the software each security fix applies to and to help readers find their platform. Their use does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, those owners, and Patchblox is not affiliated with any of them.