Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory…

Description

Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• DSA-4261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180726 [SECURITY] [DLA 1444-1] vim-syntastic security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/894736 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-11319](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-11319.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-11319)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 08:01 UTC.