CVE-2018-8232 is a tampering vulnerability in Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) that affects Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 due to improper code validation. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, it was addressed in the July 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.