CVE-2007-2953

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVim
PublishedJul 31, 2007
First seenJul 31, 2007

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vim_development_group vimv ≤ 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1.38—

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