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    CVE-2007-2953

    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.

    Published:Jul 25, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 31, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.12335
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Vim Development Group
    Product
    Vim

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High