Description of the security update for the information disclosure vulnerability in Visual Studio 2012 Update 5: January 8, 2019

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Visual Studio incorrectly discloses arbitrary file contents if the victim opens a malicious .vscontent file.

To learn more about the vulnerability, go to CVE-2019-0537.

How to obtain and install the update

More information

Prerequisites

To apply this security update, you must have Visual Studio 2012 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.

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

How to obtain help and support for this security update

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

File Information

File hash information

For all supported versions of Visual Studio 2012 Update 5