vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3139-1 (CVE-2016-1248): Vim vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 23, 2016 | Nov 29, 2016 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 23, 2016
Added
Nov 29, 2016
Modified
Apr 14, 2025
Description
Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly
validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An
attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted
modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Solution(s)
ubuntu-upgrade-vimubuntu-upgrade-vim-commonubuntu-upgrade-vim-gui-commonubuntu-upgrade-vim-runtime
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