CVE-2017-5953
N/A
Published: February 10, 2017 at 06:51 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVim
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9dx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHYVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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