CVE-2017-5953 (GCVE-0-2017-5953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-10 06:51 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
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CWE
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References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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