{"id":"CVE-2021-28953","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-28953","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:58:52.434Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2021-03-21T05:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:47:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-427"],"affected":["c\\/c\\+\\+ advanced lint project/c\\/c\\+\\+ advanced lint"],"epss":{"score":0.01006,"percentile":0.6277,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jbenden/vscode-c-cpp-flylint/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbenden.c-cpp-flylint","tags":["Product","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/16","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/jbenden/vscode-c-cpp-flylint/compare/v1.8.2...v1.9.0","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jbenden.c-cpp-flylint","tags":["Product","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/16","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28953","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}