CVE-2017-11109
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file. NOTE: there might be a limited number of scenarios in which this has security relevance.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 8.0.0722-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2:8.0.0197-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 2:8.0.0197-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 2:8.0.0197-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2:8.0.0197-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2:8.0.0197-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim | vim | 8.0 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-19
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201707-22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11109.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11109
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.