CVE-2004-1138

published 2005-01-10

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 that is executed when the file is…

Priority P4 22 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline that is executed when the file is viewed using options such as (1) termcap, (2) printdevice, (3) titleold, (4) filetype, (5) syntax, (6) backupext, (7) keymap, (8) patchmode, or (9) langmenu.

Affected

21 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vim	< vim 1:6.3-046+0sarge1 (bookworm)	vim 1:6.3-046+0sarge1 (bookworm)
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:6.3-046+0sarge1	1:6.3-046+0sarge1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:6.3-046+0sarge1	1:6.3-046+0sarge1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:6.3-046+0sarge1	1:6.3-046+0sarge1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:6.3-046+0sarge1	1:6.3-046+0sarge1
vim_development_group	vim	—	—
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CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.2 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.2 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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