CVE-2007-2953 (GCVE-0-2007-2953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-31 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
flexera CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 5 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/26522 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-Augus… mailing-listx_refsource_VIM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-06… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2007-07-27 00:00
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