UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5953

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5953

    Published: 10 Feb 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5953

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5953, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4016-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5953

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1

    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