Description
Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file. NOTE: there might be a limited number of scenarios in which this has security relevance.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
49.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (1)
vim/vim
8.0
Published
Jul 08, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026