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Affected: vim before patch 8.0.0056

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.

 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-3139-1 USN-3139-1 — vim vulnerability 2026-09-28T16:04:36.113536+00:00

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: vim

Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An attacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted modelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.