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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-1248

CVE-2016-1248

HIGH7.8

vim before patch 8

Published Nov 23, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

References

WEB

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20

ADVISORY

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html

ADVISORY

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722

WEB

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478

WEB

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338

ADVISORY

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1

WEB

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog

WEB

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040

WEB

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a

WEB

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html

ADVISORY

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1248

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 23, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-1248 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence