CVE-2017-5953
vim - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5953
To remediate CVE-2017-5953, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/vim—upgrade to 8.0.0329-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.7-4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:8.0.0197-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2017-5953 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 8.0.0329-r0
- from 0, < 0.1.7-4
- from 0, < 2:8.0.0197-2
- from 0, < 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u2
- from 0, < 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |