Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-6349

Description

An integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0377, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.

Affected products

Vim/Vim
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.0.0376

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/vim/vim/commit/3eb1637b1bba19519885dd6d377bd5596e91d22cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96451nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037949nvd
groups.google.com/forum/nvd
groups.google.com/forum/nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/nvd

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