Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765.

1 / 2
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow, Input Validation, Race Condition, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 90
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VIM v.8.1.2135 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the operand parameter.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Untrusted search path vulnerability in VIM Development Group GVim before 7.3.034, and possibly other versions before 7.3.46, allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse User32.dll or other DLL that is located in the same folder as a .TXT file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description of problem:

Jan Minar has reported the following problem present in Vim shellescape() function implementation and demonstrated by testcases in tar.vim plugin:

The implementation of the shellescape() function does not properly escape all special items, in particular the '!' character). This can result in untrusted data being insufficiently sanitized and possibly lead to arbitrary code execution.

To show this vulnerability can be exploited, the tar.vim plugin test cases has been updated (tarplugin, tarplugin.v2 and tarplugin.updated test cases).

CVE-2008-3074 has been pre-assigned and used in rPath advisory:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/7

References:

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-shellescape.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/7 http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description of problem:

Jan Minar has reported the following problem present in Vim shellescape() function implementation and demonstrated by testcases in zip.vim plugin:

The implementation of the shellescape() function does not properly escape all special items, in particular the '!' character). This can result in untrusted data being insufficiently sanitized and possibly lead to arbitrary code execution.

To show this vulnerability can be exploited, the tar.vim plugin test cases has been updated (zipplugin and zipplugin.v2 test cases).

CVE-2008-3075 as been pre-assigned and used in rPath advisory:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/7 (ZIP-2)

References:

http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-shellescape.html http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html (ZIP-1) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/1 (ZIP-4) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1

CVE-2008-2712 bullet (2)

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2712

mentions zipplugin based on same advisory as ZIP-1. According to ZIP-2 and ZIP-4 the zip.vim / zipplugin.vim has not been fixed as of Vim 7.2a.19/zip.vim v19, so the bullet (2) -- mention about zipplugin should be removed from CVE-2008-2712.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Netrw plugin 125 in netrw.vim in Vim 7.2a.10 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the execute and system functions within the (1) mz and (2) mc commands, as demonstrated by the netrw.v2 and netrw.v3 test cases. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2712.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2712 to the following vulnerability:

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (2) zipplugin, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzipvim, and (5) netrw.

References: http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121345541027231&w=4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=486502

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description of problem:

Ben Schmidt has discovered the following security flaw in Vim, which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Insufficient sanitization can lead to Vim executing arbitrary commands when performing keyword or tag lookup.

Flaw description pasted from original rdancer.org report (see [1]):

3.1. Keyword Lookup -- The K'' Command 3.1.1. Shell Commands and Ex Commands

Because the string passed to the shell for execution is not sanitized, it is possible to specify arbitrary shell commands where Vim expects an argument for the keyword program. Same applies to arbitrary Ex commands.

3.1.2. Keyword Program Command Line Switches

It is possible to specify command line switches for the keyword program in place of the argument. The gravity of this vulnerability depends on the keyword program selected. GNU man, the default keyword program in many installations, supports for example the --pager'' option (cf. the GNU man(1) manual page). This allows arbitrary command execution.

3.2. Tag Lookup -- the Control-]'' and g]'' Commands

Insufficient sanitization of an Ex command argument allows specifying additional arbitrary Ex commands in place of the argument.

3.3. Unknown Shell/Keyword Program

Because the syntax of the shell that is being used to execute the commands is not known beforehand, there may be other unknown vulnerabilities, that are present depending on the shell being used. Ditto for the man(1) program, and other keyword programs.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.0--current, possibly older

How reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce: 1. See part "4.EXPLOIT" from the original rdancer.org report [1] Actual results: Arbitrary code execution possible

Expected results: No security flaw present.

References:

[1] http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim-K.html

Proposed patch:

Report: http://groups.google.com/group/vimdev/msg/dd32ad3a84f36bb2 Patch: http://groups.google.com/group/vimdev/attach/dd32ad3a84f36bb2/K-arbitrary-command-execution.patch?part=2

RH SRT official statement:

This issue affects all versions of the vim-enhanced package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 and within Fedora releases of 8, 9 and 10.

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Source: Red Hat
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 21 August 2024

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Input Validation, Race Condition, Use After Free, Buffer Overflow, SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Input Validation, Race Condition, Use After Free, Buffer Overflow, SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 90
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow, Input Validation, Race Condition, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 90
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Heap-based Buffer Overflow GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Input Validation, Race Condition, Use After Free, Buffer Overflow, SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow, Race Condition, Input Validation, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow, Race Condition, Input Validation, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Input Validation, Race Condition, Use After Free, Buffer Overflow, SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow, Race Condition, Input Validation, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow, Race Condition, Input Validation, SQL Injection, Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

1 / 89
Source: Apple
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 24 July 2024

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 24 July 2024

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Null Pointer Dereference
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1402.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 24 July 2024

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Last updated 24 July 2024

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Use After Free, Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1331.

1 / 3
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Use After Free, Buffer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.

1 / 3
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Use After Free
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 24 July 2024

1 / 4
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )

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