High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1248
CVE-2016-1248
Description
vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.
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Affected products
20- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 7.4.326-7.1+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2-8.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2-8.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.0814-17.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/22/20nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-vim/vim.git/tree/debian/changelognvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/4fad66fbe637818b6b3d6bc5d21923ba72795040nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/commit/d0b5138ba4bccff8a744c99836041ef6322ed39anvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.0.0056nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/11/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2016/msg00305.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2972.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3722nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94478nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037338nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3139-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-29nvd
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