CVE-2007-2953

Name	CVE-2007-2953
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1364-1, DSA-1364-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vim (PTS)	bullseye	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	2:9.0.1378-2	fixed
	sid, trixie	2:9.1.0861-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	sarge	1:6.3-071+1sarge2		DSA-1364-1
vim	source	etch	1:7.0-122+1etch3		DSA-1364-2
vim	source	(unstable)	1:7.1-056+1	low