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CVE-2016-1248 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1248
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2016
NVD Last Modified:
07/27/2017
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux