DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	vim	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	vim	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jul 31, 2007 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2953 advisory

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