Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-5953: vim Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
02/10/2017
07/25/2018
08/30/2017
12/27/2019
Description
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-vim
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