| Release Date: | 2016-11-20 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2016-1248 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (vim) | ELSA-2016-2972 | 2016-12-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (vim) | ELSA-2016-2972 | 2016-12-20 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (vim) | OVMSA-2016-0182 | 2016-12-21 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (vim) | OVMSA-2016-0182 | 2016-12-21 |
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