VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-5953

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-02-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references