CVE-2021-27068

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

HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 53.58 % · percentile 99 (2026-10-28)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-05-11 19:11 UTC
Updated: 2024-11-19 14:56 UTC
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Modified

Description

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27068

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-13839
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-27068

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-369 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.0 < 16.4.22
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.5.0 < 16.7.15
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 16.8.0 < 16.9.5

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)	affected 16.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)	affected 16.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)	affected 15.0.0 < publication

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD