Use After Free Affecting vim package, versions <2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-VIM-314760
  • published8 Jul 2017
  • disclosed8 Jul 2017

Introduced: 8 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11109  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 vim to version 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file. NOTE: there might be a limited number of scenarios in which this has security relevance.