CVE-2017-6350
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0378, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
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 | 3.23% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-02-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| vim | vim |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96448
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037949
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0c8485f0e4931463c0f7986e1ea84a7d79f10c75
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/L_dOHOOiQ5Q
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/QPZc0CY9j3Y
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96448
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037949
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0c8485f0e4931463c0f7986e1ea84a7d79f10c75
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/L_dOHOOiQ5Q
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/QPZc0CY9j3Y
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
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