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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vimUpgrade neovim | Sep 20, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade vim | Dec 20, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Apple Osx Vim | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Jan 24, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhanced | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade neovimUpgrade vim | Nov 23, 2016 | Nov 22, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 20, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade vimUpgrade vim-liteUpgrade vim-consoleUpgrade neovim | Dec 23, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-editors/vim.Upgrade app-editors/gvim. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimal | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhanced | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade editor/vim to version 8.0.95-0.175.3.21.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade editor/vim/vim-core to version 8.0.95-0.175.3.21.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade editor/gvim to version 8.0.95-0.175.3.21.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jun 20, 2017 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-minimal | Dec 21, 2016 | Nov 20, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-minimalNo solution existsUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-common | Dec 21, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade vim-dataUpgrade gvimUpgrade vim-baseUpgrade vim | Nov 29, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vim-runtimeUpgrade vimUpgrade vim-gui-commonUpgrade vim-common | Nov 29, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
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