CVE-2023-38180 (GCVE-0-2023-38180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-08 18:52 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
VLAI?
Title
.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Denial of Service
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft ASP.NET Core 2.1 Affected: 2.0 , < 2.1.40 (custom)
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