CVE-2019-1414

High

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it exposes a debug listener to users of a local computer, aka 'Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Visual Studio Code
PublishedJan 24, 2020
First seenJan 24, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • microsoft visual_studio_code1.39 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft visual_studio_codev < 1.391.39

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