CVE-2017-5953

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4016-1

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

vim en versiones anteriores a patch 8.0.0322 no valida adecuadamente los valores para la longitud del árbol cuando maneja un archivo spell, lo que puede resultar en un desbordamiento de entero en un sitio de asignación de memoria y un desbordamiento de búfer resultante.

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-02-10 CVE Reserved
2017-02-10 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-04-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217	Vdb Entry
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Vim Search vendor "Vim"		Vim Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim"				<= 8.0.0055 Search vendor "Vim" for product "Vim" and version " <= 8.0.0055"		-		Affected