Description of the security update for the information disclosure vulnerability in Visual Studio 2013 Update 5: April 10, 2018

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists if Visual Studio incorrectly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploits the vulnerability could view uninitialized memory from the computer that is used to compile a program database file.

To learn more about the vulnerability, see CVE-2018-1037.

How to obtain and install the update

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Prerequisites

To apply this security update, you must have Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 installed.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this security update if an instance of Visual Studio is being used.

Security update replacement information

This security update doesn't replace other security updates.

Issues that are fixed in this security update

This hotfix addresses the PDB security issue described in CVE-2018-1037, in which PDB files may contain uninitialized heap content in a process that updates an existing PDB file, like mspdbsrv.exe. We strongly recommend that you use the updated PDBCopy tool to check every existing PDB that you intend to share or distribute.

How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help for protecting your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware: Microsoft Secure
Local support according to your country: International Support

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