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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vimUpgrade neovim | Aug 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade vim | Mar 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade neovimUpgrade vim | Feb 15, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-editors/vim.Upgrade app-editors/gvim. | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhanced | Nov 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystem | Nov 30, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 8, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade gvimUpgrade vim-smallUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade vim-baseUpgrade vim-data-commonUpgrade vim | Feb 21, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vim-runtime (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gui-commonUpgrade vim (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-runtimeUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vimUpgrade vim-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gui-common (Ubuntu Pro) | Jun 12, 2019 | Feb 10, 2017 |
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