What is CVE-2021-31214?

CVE-2021-31214 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2021-31214 cover?

CVE-2021-31214 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-31214. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2021-31214?

CVE-2021-31214 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2021-31214?

CVE-2021-31214 affects 1 product, including: Visual Studio Code.

CVE-2021-31214HighCVSS 7.8

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

May 11, 2021

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have be enticed to open a malicious file in a directory. Users should never open anything that they do not know or trust to be safe.

🎯 Affected products1

Visual Studio Code

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 1.56

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31214
patchhttps://code.visualstudio.com/Download