CVE - CVE-2016-1248

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-1248	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:94478 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478 CONFIRM:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 CONFIRM:https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog CONFIRM:https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 CONFIRM:https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a CONFIRM:https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 CONFIRM:https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html DEBIAN:DSA-3722 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-29 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20161122 [SECURITY] [DLA 718-1] vim security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2972 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html SECTRACK:1037338 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338 UBUNTU:USN-3139-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20151227	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20151227)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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