Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim-common package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-VIMCOMMON-1982155
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed8 Feb 2017
Introduced: 8 Feb 2017
CVE-2017-5953 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 vim-common.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5953
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY