Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vim-common package, versions <2:7.4.160-2.el7_4.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-VIMCOMMON-5179463
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jun 2019

Introduced: 5 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 vim-common to version 2:7.4.160-2.el7_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:1947.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

References

CVSS Scores

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