CVE-2017-6350

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6350
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-27 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionAn integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0378, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vim Vim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patch 8.0.0378: possible overflow when reading corrupted undo file · vim/vim@0c8485f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com
Google Groups groups.google.com
Vim Buffer Overflows in Processing Undo Files Let Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Google Groups MISC groups.google.com
Vim CVE-2017-6350 Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201706-26) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Google Groups groups.google.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500723 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 501091 Alpine Linux Security Update for neovim
  • 504497 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)
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