Arbitrary Code Execution via Modeline in Vim (CVE-2016-1248)

CVE-2016-1248 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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