CVE-2016-1248

NameCVE-2016-1248
Descriptionvim 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-718-1, DSA-3722-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
neovim (PTS)bullseye0.4.4-1fixed
bookworm0.7.2-7fixed
trixie, sid0.9.5-10fixed
vim (PTS)bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2fixed
trixie, sid2:9.1.0861-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
neovimsource(unstable)0.1.6-4
vimsourcewheezy2:7.3.547-7+deb7u1DLA-718-1
vimsourcejessie2:7.4.488-7+deb8u1DSA-3722-1
vimsource(unstable)2:8.0.0095-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39a
Fixed by (neovim): https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040

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