CVE-2017-11109

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-07-08 17:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-11109

Mitre link : CVE-2017-11109

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-11109

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vim

vim

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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