CVE-2020-1971High
OpenSSL: CVE-2020-1971 EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Why is this OpenSSL Software Foundation CVE included in the Security Update Guide? The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in OpenSSL Software which is consumed by Microsoft Visual Studio. It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest builds of Visual Studio are no longer vulnerable. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information.
🎯 Affected products5
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
✅ Remediation
KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 15.9.40 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.4.27 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.7.20 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.9.12 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.11.5
🔗 References (6)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1971
- patchhttp://aka.ms/vs/15/release/latest
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11