CVE-2018-1037 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio, specifically affecting Visual Studio 2017. This flaw allows for the improper disclosure of limited contents from uninitialized memory during the compilation of program database (PDB) files. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.3), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to a low impact on confidentiality (C:L), with no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. While there's limited community discussion and media coverage, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2012:update5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2013:update5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2017CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.