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CVE-2016-1248 (GCVE-0-2016-1248)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-23 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48
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Summary
vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • OS command injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a vim before patch 8.0.0056 Affected: vim before patch 8.0.0056
Date Public
2016-11-23 00:00
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      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-1248",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-1248.json",
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}



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