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CVE-2016-1248

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.

Published

2016-11-23T15:59:00.137

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vim	vim	≤ 8.0.0055	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1 ([email protected])
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)