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Improper Input Validation Affecting vim package, versions <1:7.1.314-3

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.06% (84th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-VIM-517144
  • published 16 Jun 2008
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2008
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Introduced: 16 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2712 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vim to version 1:7.1.314-3 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.

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