CVE-2023-21779 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2023-01-10

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Visual Studio Code

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 1.74.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25946	Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01492.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21779

History

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-01T00:36:23.145Z

Reserved: 2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-21779

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:51:51.138Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T22:15:19.733

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:43:38.030

Link: CVE-2023-21779

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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