Known Vulnerabilities for Vim by Vim Development Group

Listed below are 8 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "Vim" by "Vim Development Group".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2007-2953 Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows u... 6.8 - MEDIUM 2007-07-31 2018-10-16
CVE-2007-2438 The sandbox for vim allows dangerous functions such as (1) writefile, (2) feedkeys, and (3) system, which might allow user-as... 7.6 - HIGH 2007-05-02 2018-10-16
CVE-2005-2368 vim 6.3 before 6.3.082, with modelines enabled, allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via she... 9.3 - HIGH 2005-07-26 2017-10-11
CVE-2005-0069 The (1) tcltags or (2) vimspell.sh scripts in vim 6.3 allow local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink ... 4.6 - MEDIUM 2005-01-13 2017-10-11
CVE-2004-1138 VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline t... 7.2 - HIGH 2005-01-10 2017-10-11
CVE-2002-1377 vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in mod... 4.6 - MEDIUM 2002-12-23 2017-10-10
CVE-2001-0409 vim (aka gvim) allows local users to modify files being edited by other users via a symlink attack on the backup and swap fil... 2.1 - LOW 2001-06-18 2017-10-10
CVE-2001-0408 vim (aka gvim) processes VIM control codes that are embedded in a file, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary comm... 5.1 - MEDIUM 2001-06-18 2017-10-10
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