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CVE-2017-5953

Publication date 10 February 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
neovim 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
vim 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
neovim
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references