Code execution via undisclosed integer underflow
Published Feb 14, 2023 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Integer underflow in Microsoft Visual Studio allows local users to execute arbitrary code through locally supplied, crafted input. Microsoft identifies the weakness as an integer underflow but has not disclosed the affected parser, function, data format, or incorrect arithmetic operation. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and grants arbitrary code execution in the affected user's context, with no network-only attack path established.
Summary
What happened
Integer underflow in Microsoft Visual Studio allows local users to execute arbitrary code through locally supplied, crafted input. Microsoft identifies the weakness as an integer underflow but has not disclosed the affected parser, function, data format, or incorrect arithmetic operation. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and grants arbitrary code execution in the affected user's context, with no network-only attack path established.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-21815
- Published
- Feb 14, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-191, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.11.0 <16.11.24
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