{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4101","details":"Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a \";\" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) \"Ctrl-]\" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) \"g]\" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.","modified":"2026-09-03T10:47:46.900293817Z","published":"2008-09-18T17:59:32.877Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4101"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4101"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.2.010-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4101.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.2.010-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4101.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.2.010-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4101.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}