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CVE-2016-1248

Date: November 23, 2016

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.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

Related Resources (19)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1248
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-1248
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1248
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1248
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1248
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1248

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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