CVE-2016-1248

moderate-risk
Published 2016-11-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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15.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 84% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Vim

Affected Vendors

Vim Debian

References (26)

Patch http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1
Patch https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog
Patch https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040
Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a
Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29
Patch http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1
Patch https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog
and 6 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low