DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953

    Published: 31 Jul 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-2953

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2953

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:7.1-056+1

    Affected versions

    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