Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5953

Description

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.

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Affected products

Vim/Vim2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.0.0055
- (no CPE)range: <8.0.0322
osv-coords16 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/neovim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 0.5.1-1.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.3408-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2-8.20.8
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-16.1
- (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: < 7.4.326-16.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2-8.20.8
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.326-16.1
- (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

github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9dnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217nvd
groups.google.com/forum/nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/nvd

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