CVE-2007-2953

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/07/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim::::::::		6.4 (including)
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:::::::*

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CVE-2007-2953

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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