CVE-2016-1248
HIGH7.8EPSS 15.9%vim - security update
Published: 11/23/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/vimfrom 0, < 8.0.0056-r0
- Debian/neovimfrom 0, < 0.1.6-4
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:8.0.0095-1
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u1
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |