CVE-2020-16977 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code's Python extension, specifically when handling Jupyter notebook files. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file, leading to arbitrary code execution in the user's context. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) if the user has administrative privileges. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.