vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-12735: Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 5, 2019
Added
Mar 13, 2020
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

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.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-editors-gvimgentoo-linux-upgrade-app-editors-vim
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