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CVE-2007-2953

Date: July 31, 2007

Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (35)

Url: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26822

Url: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32858

Url: http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26522

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2953

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26285

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded

Url: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2953

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33410

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26674

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26594

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/25941

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26653

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-2953

Severity Score

5.6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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Date: July 31, 2007

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