Buffer overflow in Vim

CVE-2008-3432

Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.086 (94.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Vim — versions 6.2, 6.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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