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CVE-2016-1248
vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the…
High7.8EPSS 25.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- debian
Description
vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.3% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- OS command injection
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
vim before patch 8.0.0056
- affected vim before patch 8.0.0056
References (13)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3722 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20161122 [SECURITY] [DLA 718-1] vim security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3139-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1037338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2972 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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