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WS-2024-0011
May 09, 2024
Vim before 9.1.0404 has a buffer-overlow in xxd with colored output in xxd.c.When outputting colored hexdumps using the -R command line flag, together with -g1 (group every byte), -c 256 (format 256 octets per line), -d (show offsets in decimal) and -o <large_numer> (add offset to the file position), the buffer used to write to may overflow. User must intentionally execute xxd with several non-default flags, but it may cause a crash of xxd.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW