CVE-2016-1248 Information

Description

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the ‘filetype’ ‘syntax’ and ‘keymap’ options which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1 https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8