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CVE-2007-2953

Published: Jul 31, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2953
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
VimVim_development_group*6.4 (including)
VimVim_development_group7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
VimVim_development_group7.1 (including)7.1 (including)
VimVim_development_group7.1.38 (including)7.1.38 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatvim-1:6.3.046-0.30E.11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatvim-1:6.3.046-1.el4_7.5z*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatvim-2:7.0.109-4.el5_2.4z*
VimUbuntudapper*
VimUbuntuedgy*
VimUbuntufeisty*

References

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