VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1248

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability25.31%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-11-23

Last modified2026-06-17

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.