Vulnerability · Published Mar 24, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-28967
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-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 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 17.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ec x_refsource_MISC
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog x_refsource_MISC
- https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2 x_refsource_MISC