Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-28967

RCE

Title: Gimly Matlab RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-28967.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 24, 2021
Modified Date Jul 08, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-28967: The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.

Impacted Vendors

G
gimly 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ec https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releases https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2 https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ec https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releases https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-28967 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.