CVE-2017-5953 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Neovim

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound11 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
VIMDebian NeovimDebian VIM
Timeline
PublishedFeb 10
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/vim< neovim 0.1.7-4 (bookworm)
▶debiandebian/neovim< neovim 0.1.7-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianvim/vim< 2:8.0.0197-2+3
▶Ubuntuvim/vim< 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4+4
▶NVDvim/vim8.0.0055

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-j83f-g7mr-qg5h: vim before patch 8↗2022-05-14
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OSV
vim vulnerabilities↗2020-03-23
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OSV
vim vulnerabilities↗2019-06-11
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OSV
CVE-2017-5953: vim before patch 8↗2017-02-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Vim vulnerabilities↗2020-03-23
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Ubuntu
Vim vulnerabilities↗2019-06-11
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Red Hat
vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file↗2017-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2017-5953: neovim - vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file↗2017-02-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5953 vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file [fedora-all]↗2017-02-13
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