Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-2953
Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.
Vulnerability category: Execute code
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2953
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 28.75%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 97 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-2953
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2007-2953
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Red Hat 2007-08-06Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248542 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
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http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
Trustix | Empowering Trust and Security in the Digital Age
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
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https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655
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ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039
Patch
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095
Patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
- cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*