#VU50499 Input validation error in Visual Studio - CVE-2021-1639

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#VU50499 Input validation error in Visual Studio - CVE-2021-1639

Published: February 9, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50499
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1639
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Visual Studio
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Visual Studio Code. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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