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CVE-2022-24464: .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

HighCVSS 7.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysishigh

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

This vulnerability can let a remote, unauthenticated actor cause a denial of service in affected .NET or Visual Studio components. The business impact is availability loss, not data theft or code execution based on the provided sources.

Executive priority

Prioritize remediation on internet-facing .NET services and shared build infrastructure. The issue is high severity because it can disrupt availability without authentication, but the provided evidence does not show active exploitation.

Technical view

CVE-2022-24464 is a CWE-400 uncontrolled resource consumption issue affecting listed Microsoft .NET, .NET Core, and Visual Studio versions. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high availability impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely where affected .NET runtimes or SDKs are installed on servers, build systems, or developer workstations. Internet-facing services using vulnerable .NET versions deserve priority because the CVSS vector is network-reachable and unauthenticated.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not support active exploitation. CISA KEV status is false, and the CVSS exploit maturity is listed as unproven. Treat exploitation details as incomplete unless Microsoft or another cited source updates guidance.

Researcher notes

The public bundle gives severity, affected products, CWE-400, and CVSS characteristics, but little root-cause detail. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond denial of service and avoid naming fixed versions not present in the cited sources.

Mitigation direction

  • Apply Microsoft updates or move affected installations to supported patched releases.
  • Prioritize internet-facing services using affected .NET runtimes.
  • Remove or isolate unsupported .NET versions where patching is not possible.
  • Monitor Microsoft’s advisory for updated remediation guidance.

Validation and detection

  • Review software inventory for affected .NET, .NET Core, and Visual Studio versions.
  • Confirm Microsoft security updates are installed on runtime servers and build hosts.
  • Check externally exposed .NET services for affected runtime dependencies.
  • Document exceptions where upgrade timing or ownership is unclear.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
3

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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CVE-2022-24464 mapping review

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
3Timeline events
2ADP providers
2Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: yesTechnical Impact: partial

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.5CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C3.93.6microsoft

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

7.5High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2022-24464Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

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  1. CVE reservedCVE Program

    The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.

  2. CVE publishedCVE Program

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  3. CVE updatedCVE Program

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ADP provider summaries

CVECVE Program Container
CISA-ADPCISA ADP Vulnrichment
other:ssvc

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Microsoft.NET 6.06.0.0Listed
Microsoft.NET 5.05.0.0Listed
Microsoft.NET Core 3.13.1Listed
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)16.0.0Listed
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)15.0.0Listed
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)16.11.0Listed
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.017.0.0Listed
Weakness

CWE details

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CWE-400 · source CWE mapping

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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