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Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2007-2953

Assigner Org ID-44d08088-2bea-4760-83a6-1e9be26b15ab

Published At-31 Jul, 2007 | 10:00

Updated At-07 Aug, 2024 | 13:57

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.

EPSS History

Score

Latest Score

N/A

Percentile

Latest Percentile

N/A

▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:flexera

Assigner Org ID:44d08088-2bea-4760-83a6-1e9be26b15ab

Published At:31 Jul, 2007 | 10:00

Updated At:07 Aug, 2024 | 13:57

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Affected Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	n/a

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26522	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/	x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html	mailing-list x_refsource_VIM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26822

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26522

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26285

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26594

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25941

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/32858

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/33410

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

Hyperlink: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_TRUSTIX

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26653

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_VIM

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26674

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26522	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033	vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded	mailing-list x_refsource_BUGTRAQ x_transferred
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL x_transferred
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_TRUSTIX x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html	mailing-list x_refsource_VIM x_transferred
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549	vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL x_transferred
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655	vdb-entry x_refsource_XF x_transferred
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236	vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674	third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26822

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26522

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26285

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26594

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25941

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/32858

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/33410

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_TRUSTIX

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26653

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_VIM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549

Resource:

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MANDRIVA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26674

Resource:

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

x_transferred

Hyperlink: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

Published At:31 Jul, 2007 | 10:17

Updated At:16 Oct, 2018 | 16:46

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

vim_development_group>>vim>>Versions up to 6.4(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

vim_development_group>>vim>>7.0

cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

vim_development_group>>vim>>7.1

cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

vim_development_group>>vim>>7.1.38

cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:7.1.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2007-08-06T00:00:00

Red 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/

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26522	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26653	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26674	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463	PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com	N/A