CVE-2020-0789

7.1 highEPSS 0.9%

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio Extension Installer Service improperly handles hard links, aka 'Visual Studio Extension Installer Service Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.1 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-03-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

microsoft:visual_studio_2019

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0789
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0789

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