CVE-2019-1079· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly parses XML input in certain settings files, aka 'Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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BDU:2019-02648

Published: Jul 15, 2019
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 6.1% · 93th percentile
CWE: CWE-20

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 2 / 30 · 6.1%

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Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
microsoft	visual studio	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

microsoft visual studio2010
microsoft visual studio2012
microsoft visual studio2013
microsoft visual studio2015

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio
- 2010 Service Pack 1, 2012 Update 5, 2013 Update 5, 2015 Update 3affected

Same product

microsoft: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2006-4494Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code by
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CVE-2022-35827Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-35826Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-35825Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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CVE-2022-35777Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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CVE-2007-4891A certain ActiveX control in PDWizard.ocx 6.0.0.9782 and earlier in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 exposes dangerous (1) StartProcess, (2) Sync
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).