CVE-2023-29338 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability

Published: 2023-05-09

Score: 6.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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	< 1.78.1

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-2023-32911	Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0093.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29338

History

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-05-09T17:03:04.075Z

Updated: 2025-07-10T16:39:00.835Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T22:34:18.380Z

Link: CVE-2023-29338

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:46.225Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-09T18:15:13.900

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:56:53.497

Link: CVE-2023-29338

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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