High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-0789
CVE-2020-0789
Description
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'.
Affected products
4- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019v5Range: 16.0
- Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)v5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0789nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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