Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim-filesystem package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-VIMFILESYSTEM-1983660
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Feb 2017

Introduced: 8 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 vim-filesystem.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-filesystem package and not the vim-filesystem 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.