CVE-2002-1377 Affecting vim package, versions <6.1.263-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-VIM-17966413
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed23 Dec 2002

Introduced: 23 Dec 2002

CVE-2002-1377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest vim to version 6.1.263-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which are not sandboxed but may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file, as demonstrated using mutt.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1