Vulnerability in Vim Development Group

CVE-2002-1377

vim 6.0 and 6.1, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands using the libcall feature in modelines, which are not sandboxed but may be executed when vim is used to edit a malicious file, as demonstrated using mutt.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1377?
CVE-2002-1377 is a vulnerability in Vim Development Group. Published 2002-12-23.
Is CVE-2002-1377 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.