PT-2017-16783 · Vim+3 · Vim+3

Shqking · Published 2016-11-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5953

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vim versions prior to 8.0.0322

Description The issue arises from improper validation of tree length values when handling a spell file, potentially leading to an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.0.0322, update to a version that includes patch 8.0.0322 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2338

CVE-2017-5953

DLA-822-1

DSA-3786-1

MGASA-2017-0275

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11081-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11497-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1712-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1775-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1712-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1775-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

USN-4016-1

USN-4309-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 260

• 🔥 https://github.com/oldthree3/CVE-2019-12735-VIM-NEOVIM · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11497-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0275.html · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1712-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5953 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6349 · Vendor Advisory