CVE-2017-5953
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-5953 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-02-10 07:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-190
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-4016-1: Vim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| USN-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | UBUNTU | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| Vim CVE-2017-5953 Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| patch 8.0.0322: possible overflow with corrupted spell file · vim/vim@399c297 · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Google Groups | CONFIRM | groups.google.com | |
| Google Groups | groups.google.com | ||
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3786-1 vim | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201706-26) — Gentoo Security | GENTOO | security.gentoo.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 500722 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
- 501091 Alpine Linux Security Update for neovim
- 504496 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
- 505084 Alpine Linux Security Update for neovim
- 710323 Gentoo Linux Vim, gVim Remote execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-26)
- 753066 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1)