Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-28953
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The unofficial C/C++ Advanced Lint extension before 1.9.0 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted repository.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbenden.c-cpp-flylint x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jbenden/vscode-c-cpp-flylint/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/16 x_refsource_MISC