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CVE-2017-11109 json

Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2746

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka -S) file. NOTE: there might be a limited number of scenarios in which this has security relevance.

Patch / fix

  • vim Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:8.0.0197-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11109

  • vim Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11109

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim Arch Linux 8.0.0722-1
  • gvim Arch Linux 8.0.0722-1

arch linux advisories AVG-347

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11109 updated cvss 3.3

vim: Use-after-free via crafted file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 vim Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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