VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.09%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- vim/vim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468492Issue 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=1468492Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.