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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5953): Vim vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5953): Vim vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/10/2017
Created
06/14/2019
Added
06/12/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-gui-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-vim-runtime

References

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