OS Command Injection Affecting vim package, versions <2:8.1.0875-4ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-VIM-583061
  • published5 Jun 2019
  • disclosed5 Jun 2019

Introduced: 5 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 vim to version 2:8.1.0875-4ubuntu1 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:20.04 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.

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