Microsoft Visual Studio heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Studio and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-118745. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. The product writes past the end of a buffer that was allocated on the heap. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-118745 since 10/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

10/28/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +13 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: microsoft
CVE: CVE-2026-118745 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-118745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-435152

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 23:32
Changes: 11/10/2026 23:32 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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