OS Command Injection Affecting vim package, versions <8.1.1365-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
19.11% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-VIM-14180936
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed5 Jun 2019

Introduced: 5 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 vim to version 8.1.1365-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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