High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-11319

Description

Syntastic (aka vim-syntastic) through 3.9.0 does not properly handle searches for configuration files (it searches the current directory up to potentially the root). This improper handling might be exploited for arbitrary code execution via a malicious gcc plugin, if an attacker has write access to a directory that is a parent of the base directory of the project being checked. NOTE: exploitation is more difficult after 3.8.0 because filename prediction may be needed.

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Affected products

Syntastic Project/Syntastic
cpe:2.3:a:syntastic_project:syntastic:*:*:*:*:*:vim:*:*
Range: <=3.9.0
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vim-syntastic/syntasticllm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.9.0

Patches

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References

github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/commit/6d7c0b394e001233dd09ec473fbea2002c72632fnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org/894736nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic/issues/2170nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00036.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4261nvdThird Party Advisory

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