CVE-2007-2953

Publication date 31 July 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 7.04 feisty
Fixed 7.0-164+1ubuntu7.2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 7.0-035+1ubuntu5.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 6.4-006+2ubuntu6.1

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