{"id":"CVE-2016-1248","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1248","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:11:18.307Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-11-23T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:41:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["vim/vim","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.25314,"percentile":0.97948,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.07664,"percentile":0.94403},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.25314,"percentile":0.97844}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.25314,"from":0.07664,"percentile":0.97844},"summary":"EPSS moved from 7.7% to 25.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelog","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1248","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}