CVE-2016-1248
N/A
Published: November 23, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxVim
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 25%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelogx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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