Critical severity · published Feb 10, 2017
CVE-2017-5953
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a…
9.8
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
Vim · Vim
through 8.0.0055 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5953
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
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