usn-3139-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-11-29 00:21
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
vim vulnerability
Details

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly\nvalidate values for the \u0027filetype\u0027, \u0027syntax\u0027, and \u0027keymap\u0027 options. An\nattacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted\nmodelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user\u0027s privileges.\n",
  "id": "USN-3139-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:03Z",
  "published": "2016-11-29T00:21:42Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3139-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1248"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "vim vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1248"
  ]
}



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