CVE detail
CVE-2009-0316 — CVE-2009-0316
Published 2009-01-28 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor vim · Product vim · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0284
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
85.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983), as demonstrated by an erroneous search path for plugin/bike.vim in bicyclerepair.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References