CVE-2023-36742 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.00235.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Visual Studio Code

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40685	Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36742

History

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-09-12T16:58:32.890Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T18:17:59.875Z

Reserved: 2023-06-26T13:29:45.608Z

Link: CVE-2023-36742

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:54.377Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T17:15:10.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:10:29.770

Link: CVE-2023-36742

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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