CVE-2017-5953
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.83% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-02-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vim | vim |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
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