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Status published
Critical
CVE-2017-5953
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for...
Vulnerability Description
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
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Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
February 10th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.