Use After Free Affecting vim package, versions <2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published8 Jul 2017
- disclosed8 Jul 2017
Introduced: 8 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11109 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 vim to version 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11109
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11109
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-11109.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/