GSD-2016-1248

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
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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.
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    "description": "vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the \u0027filetype\u0027, \u0027syntax\u0027 and \u0027keymap\u0027 options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.",
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      "https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2972",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1248",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2016-1248.html",
      "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-1248",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2016-1248.html",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-1248.html"
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      "publishedDate": "2016-11-23T15:59Z"
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