CVE-2019-12735
HIGH8.6EPSS 54.1%neovim - security update
Published: 6/5/2019Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-12735DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12735
Description
getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.
Affected packages (5)
- Alpine/vimfrom 0, < 8.1.1365-r0
- Debian/neovimfrom 0, < 0.3.4-3
- Debian/neovimfrom 0, < 0.1.7-4+deb9u1
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:8.1.0875-4
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |