CVE-2017-5953 | BDVDB-2026-81517 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.