Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim package, versions <2:8.0.0197-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VIM-525313
  • published10 Feb 2017
  • disclosed10 Feb 2017

Introduced: 10 Feb 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vim to version 2:8.0.0197-2 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 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.