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CVE-2019-12735

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

Published

2019-06-05T14:29:11.387

Last Modified

2025-11-11T17:15:34.740

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.6 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vim	vim	< 8.1.1365	Yes
Application	neovim	neovim	< 0.3.6	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947 ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/930020 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/930024 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/ ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39 ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/33 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-04 ([email protected])
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355 ([email protected])
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/ ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-2/ ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4467 ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4487 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46973 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/930020 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.debian.org/930024 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/33 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-04 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4467 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4487 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)