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CVE-2020-17150

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17150 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft TSLint within Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system, requiring user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100 and an elevated EPSS score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public attention despite its severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:tslint:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0292 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Visual Studio Code TS-Lint Extension
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Dec/CVE-2020-17150Important

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 8, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17150
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17150