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German Support for LanguageTool

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Enables grammar checking of German in LanguageTool for Visual Studio Code.

License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

Published:

Publisher: adamvoss

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

1 copyleft licensed components

Secrets

4 debugging symbols found

Security

Vulnerabilities

2 medium severity vulnerabilities

Hardening

1 baseline mitigations missing

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

No evidence of malware inclusion

Overview issues12 vulnerabilities3 malware0 behaviors45 dependencies1 contributors1 versions2

Popularity

16.88k

Total Installs

Contributor

Declared Dependencies

Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) is a vulnerability mitigation option that prevents data from being interpreted as code anywhere within the application. This mitigation protects the application stack, heap and other memory data ranges. Executable files that fail to implement this mitigation expose the user to increased risks of malicious code injection.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

10 packages

found in

Top 100

83 packages

found in

Top 1k

298 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.03k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Copyleft licenses in particular impose substantial restrictions on the licensee. They typically require that any derived works, and even software code that merely interacts with copyleft code, be licensed under the same license. Since copyleft licenses are commonly applied to open source code, their inclusion requires that the entire software package becomes open sourced. For commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of copyleft code is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

79 packages

found in

Top 1k

735 packages

found in

Top 10k

4.58k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package includes a copyleft component.

Investigate if the software publisher provides this component under a non-copyleft license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with commercial use.

Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Some software licenses place restrictions on software distribution of the code they apply to. These restrictions may extend to the services built upon the code licensed under such restrictive licenses. Some restrictive licenses explicitly state that the licensee may not provide the software to third parties as a hosted or managed service, where the service provides users with access to any substantial set of the features or functionality of the licensed software. When building commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of any code that may impose limits on software distribution is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

34 packages

found in

Top 100

245 packages

found in

Top 1k

1626 packages

found in

Top 10k

8.95k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package references a component or a dependency with a restrictive license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with organization policy.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

64 packages

found in

Top 100

530 packages

found in

Top 1k

2998 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.52k packages

in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.

Update the component to the latest version.

If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a vulnerability mitigation option that forces software components to load on a different memory base address each time they are used. This makes the memory layout unpredictable, and it is therefore harder for malicious code to be reliably injected during application runtime. Although enabling ASLR is an opt-in setting during program linking, some operating system configurations can still enforce its use if the vulnerability mitigation requirements are met. This is possible even if the application hasn't been explicitly marked as ASLR-compatible. While this generally improves security posture, the limitation of ASLR enforcement is that the application load addresses are not truly randomized. In most cases, the application load base is different than the default, but it remains the same for the entire duration of device uptime.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

6 packages

found in

Top 100

43 packages

found in

Top 1k

125 packages

found in

Top 10k

401 packages

in community

Next steps

Exploits Unknown

Exploits Exist

Exploited by Malware

Patching Mandated

FAQ for German Support for LanguageTool

What is German Support for LanguageTool?

Enables grammar checking of German in LanguageTool for Visual Studio Code.

Is German Support for LanguageTool malicious or is it safe to use?

The VS Code package German Support for LanguageTool was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is German Support for LanguageTool popular?

The VS Code package German Support for LanguageTool ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 17K recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure German Support for LanguageTool once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how German Support for LanguageTool behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a German Support for LanguageTool version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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Popularity

16.88k

Total Installs

Contributor

Declared Dependencies

Dependents

Top issues

See all issues

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

10 packages

found in

Top 100

83 packages

found in

Top 1k

298 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.03k packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

79 packages

found in

Top 1k

735 packages

found in

Top 10k

4.58k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package includes a copyleft component.

Investigate if the software publisher provides this component under a non-copyleft license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with commercial use.

Problem

Software license is a legal instrument that governs the use and distribution of software source code and its binary representation. Software publishers have the freedom to choose any commonly used or purposefully written license to publish their work under. While some licenses are liberal and allow almost any kind of distribution, with or without code modification, other licenses are more restrictive and impose rules for their inclusion in other software projects. Some software licenses place restrictions on software distribution of the code they apply to. These restrictions may extend to the services built upon the code licensed under such restrictive licenses. Some restrictive licenses explicitly state that the licensee may not provide the software to third parties as a hosted or managed service, where the service provides users with access to any substantial set of the features or functionality of the licensed software. When building commercial applications, this is typically undesirable. Therefore, the inclusion of any code that may impose limits on software distribution is commonly avoided or even prohibited by the organization policy.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

34 packages

found in

Top 100

245 packages

found in

Top 1k

1626 packages

found in

Top 10k

8.95k packages

in community

Next steps

Confirm that the software package references a component or a dependency with a restrictive license.

Consider replacing the software component with an alternative that offers a license compatible with organization policy.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

64 packages

found in

Top 100

530 packages

found in

Top 1k

2998 packages

found in

Top 10k

16.52k packages

in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.

Update the component to the latest version.

If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

6 packages

found in

Top 100

43 packages

found in

Top 1k

125 packages

found in

Top 10k

401 packages

in community

Next steps

Exploits Unknown

Exploits Exist

Exploited by Malware

Patching Mandated

German Support for LanguageTool

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

Popularity

Top issues

SQ14102Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the DEP vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ12101Detected presence of software components distributed with copyleft licenses.Causes risk: copyleft licensed componentslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ12405Detected presence of licenses that place restrictions on software distribution.Causes risk: software distribution restrictionslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ31106Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilitiesvulnerabilities

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ14108Detected Windows executable files that rely on the ineffective ASLR vulnerability mitigation enforcement option.Causes risk: reduced effectiveness mitigationshardening

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

Top behaviors

Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Contains URLs.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Deletes a file/directory.file

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Queries the system time.settings

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Parses a URL.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Top vulnerabilities

FAQ for German Support for LanguageTool

What is German Support for LanguageTool?

Is German Support for LanguageTool malicious or is it safe to use?

Is German Support for LanguageTool popular?

How do I secure German Support for LanguageTool once it is in my app?

Did you know...

Popularity

Top issues

SQ14102Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the DEP vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: baseline mitigations missinghardening

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ12101Detected presence of software components distributed with copyleft licenses.Causes risk: copyleft licensed componentslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ12405Detected presence of licenses that place restrictions on software distribution.Causes risk: software distribution restrictionslicenses

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ31106Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilitiesvulnerabilities

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

SQ14108Detected Windows executable files that rely on the ineffective ASLR vulnerability mitigation enforcement option.Causes risk: reduced effectiveness mitigationshardening

Problem

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Next steps

Top behaviors

Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Contains URLs.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Deletes a file/directory.file

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Queries the system time.settings

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Parses a URL.network

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Top vulnerabilities