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CVE-2016-1248
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-23T15:59:00.137 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:41:33.137

Summary

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.

Affected products

vim — vim

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References

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