| Name | CVE-2017-5953 |
| Description | vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-822-1, DSA-3786-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 854969 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| neovim (PTS) | stretch | 0.1.7-4 | fixed |
| buster | 0.2.0-3 | fixed | |
| sid | 0.2.0-4 | fixed | |
| vim (PTS) | wheezy | 2:7.3.547-7 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u4 | fixed | |
| jessie | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u3 | fixed | |
| jessie (security) | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2 | fixed | |
| stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 2:8.0.1144-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| neovim | source | (unstable) | 0.1.7-4 | high | ||
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:8.0.0197-2 | high | 854969 | |
| vim | source | jessie | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2 | high | DSA-3786-1 | |
| vim | source | wheezy | 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u2 | high | DLA-822-1 |
Fixed by https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d