Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-6350

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CVE-2017-6350

vim: Integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site

Published Modified CWE 190
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

An integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0378, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.11neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.12neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.13neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.14neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.15neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.16neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.17neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.18neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.19neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.20neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
alpine 3.21neovim, vim0.2.0-r0 and 1 more
Show all 67 entries from 35 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.10vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.11neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.11vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.12neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.12vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.13neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.13vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.14neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.14vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.15neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.15vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.16neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.16vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.17neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.17vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.18neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.18vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.19neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.19vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.20neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.20vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.21neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.21vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.22neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.22vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.23neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.23vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.24neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.24vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.6neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.7neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.8neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.8vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine 3.9neovim0.2.0-r0
alpine 3.9vim8.0.1521-r0
alpine edgeneovim0.2.0-r0
alpine edgevim8.0.1521-r0
amazon linux 1vim-common2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-debuginfo2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-enhanced2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-filesystem2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1
amazon linux 1vim-minimal2:8.0.0503-1.45.amzn1
debian 11neovim0.1.7-4
debian 11vim2:8.0.0197-3
debian 12neovim0.1.7-4
debian 12vim2:8.0.0197-3
debian 13neovim0.1.7-4
debian 13vim2:8.0.0197-3
debian 14neovim0.1.7-4
debian 14vim2:8.0.0197-3
debian 7vim2:7.3.547-7+deb7u3
debian 8vim2:7.4.488-7+deb8u3
echoneovim0.1.7-4
echovim2:8.0.0197-3
Red Hatvimno fix listed
Red Hatvim-X11no fix listed
Red Hatvim-commonno fix listed
Red Hatvim-enhancedno fix listed
Red Hatvim-filesystemno fix listed
Red Hatvim-minimalno fix listed
root.io alpine 3.18rootio-vim8.0.1521-r0
root.io alpine 3.19rootio-vim8.0.1521-r0
root.io debian 12rootio-vim2:8.0.0197-3
ubuntu 14.04-ESMvim2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
ubuntu 16.04vim2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 16.04-ESMvim2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4

References

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