CVE-2019-12735

high-risk

Published 2019-06-05

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

Do I need to act?

64.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 35% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

46973

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.6/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Vim

Neovim

Affected Vendors

Vim Neovim

References (57)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947

Mailing List https://bugs.debian.org/930020

Mailing List https://bugs.debian.org/930024

Patch https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082

Exploit https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.m...

Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39

and 37 more references

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high-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate

Exposure 7/34 · Low