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F5 Networks: K93144355 (CVE-2019-12735): Vim/Neovim vulnerability CVE-2019-12735

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F5 Networks: K93144355 (CVE-2019-12735): Vim/Neovim vulnerability CVE-2019-12735

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/05/2019
Created
06/26/2019
Added
06/24/2019
Modified
10/17/2019

Description

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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