CVE-2021-27068
mediumpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.536 · 99 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
53.6% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
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ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft visual studio 201916.0 → 16.4.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft visual studio 201916.5.0 → 16.7.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft visual studio 201916.8.0 → 16.9.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27068cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27068cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-vulnerabilities-of-May-2021-35383cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021051138cnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27068enisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27068PatchVendor Advisorynvd
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