CVE-2016-1248
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 8.0.0056-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.1.6-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.1.6-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.1.6-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.1.6-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.1.6-4 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim | vim | {"endIncluding":"8.0.0055"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1248.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-29
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1248
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.