critical
CVE-2017-5953
vim: Tree length values not validated properly when handling a spell file
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat2.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low), Amazon (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.11 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.12 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.13 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.14 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.15 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.16 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.17 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.18 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.19 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
| alpine 3.2 | vim | 7.4.712-r2 |
| alpine 3.20 | neovim, vim | 0.2.0-r0 and 1 more |
Show all 73 entries from 39 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.10 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.10 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.2 | vim | 7.4.712-r2 |
| alpine 3.20 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.3 | vim | 7.4.943-r5 |
| alpine 3.4 | vim | 7.4.1831-r3 |
| alpine 3.5 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| alpine edge | neovim | 0.2.0-r0 |
| alpine edge | vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| amazon linux 1 | vim-common | 2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | vim-debuginfo | 2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | vim-enhanced | 2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | vim-filesystem | 2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | vim-minimal | 2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | neovim | 0.1.7-4 |
| debian 11 | vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| debian 12 | neovim | 0.1.7-4 |
| debian 12 | vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| debian 13 | neovim | 0.1.7-4 |
| debian 13 | vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| debian 14 | neovim | 0.1.7-4 |
| debian 14 | vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| debian 7 | vim | 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u2 |
| debian 8 | vim | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2 |
| echo | neovim | 0.1.7-4 |
| echo | vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| Red Hat | vim | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | vim-X11 | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | vim-common | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | vim-enhanced | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | vim-filesystem | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | vim-minimal | no fix listed |
| root.io alpine 3.18 | rootio-vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| root.io alpine 3.19 | rootio-vim | 8.0.0329-r0 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-vim | 2:8.0.0197-2 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | vim | 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | vim | 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | vim | 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96217
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5953
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5953
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-26