Detections
Analytics

CVE-2021-28953

high

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.

References

https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/16

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbenden.c-cpp-flylint

https://github.com/jbenden/vscode-c-cpp-flylint/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-03-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00333