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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5953

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5953 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11vim0, 0, 0
Debian:14neovim0, 0, 0
Debian:14vim0, 0, 0
Debian:12vim0, 0, 0
Debian:13vim0, 0, 0
Debian:11neovim0, 0, 0
Debian:12neovim0, 0, 0
Debian:13neovim0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 10, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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