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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2712

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2712 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
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

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13vim0, 0, 0
Debian:12vim0, 0, 0
Debian:11vim0, 0, 0
Debian:14vim0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Jun 16, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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