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CVE-2016-1248 Details

Description

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html	CVE
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html	[email protected]
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1	[email protected]

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vim vim	<= 8.0.0055
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 28, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 18, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 23, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]