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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3432 Detail

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30648 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44722 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11203 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5987 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3432
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.