CVE-2017-6349
vim - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
An integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0377, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
How to fix CVE-2017-6349
To remediate CVE-2017-6349, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/vim—upgrade to 8.0.1521-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.7-4 or later
- —upgrade to 2:8.0.0197-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u3 or later
Is CVE-2017-6349 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 8.0.1521-r0
- from 0, < 0.1.7-4
- from 0, < 2:8.0.0197-3
- from 0, < 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u3
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 |