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CVE-2016-1248

high

Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-23

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.23182