CVE-2007-2953

published 2007-07-31

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 user-assisted remote attackers to…

Priority P4 32 medium 6.8 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C P I P A P

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 user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	vim	< vim 1:7.1-056+1 (bookworm)	vim 1:7.1-056+1 (bookworm)
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-056+1	1:7.1-056+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-056+1	1:7.1-056+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-056+1	1:7.1-056+1
vim	vim	>= 0 < 1:7.1-056+1	1:7.1-056+1
vim_development_group	vim	<= 6.4	—
vim_development_group	vim	—	—
vim_development_group	vim	—	—
vim_development_group	vim	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 6.8 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.8 LOW

vendor_redhat 6.8 MEDIUM

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