Vulnerability CVE-2007-2953
Published: 2007-07-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Vim development group -> VIM 

 References:
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
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