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CVE-2017-5953
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- GLSA-201706-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 96217 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3786 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4016-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4309-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .