{"id":"USN-3139-1","summary":"vim vulnerability","details":"Florian Larysch discovered that the Vim text editor did not properly\nvalidate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax', and 'keymap' options. An\nattacker could trick a user into opening a file with specially crafted\nmodelines and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:03Z","published":"2016-11-29T00:21:42Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1248"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1248","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1248"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3139-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1248"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1"}]}],"versions":["2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu1","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu2","2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-athena"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-common"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-gnome"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-gui-common"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-lesstif"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-nox"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-runtime"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"vim-tiny"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1248","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3139-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["2:7.4.712-2ubuntu4","2:7.4.826-1ubuntu1","2:7.4.826-1ubuntu2","2:7.4.826-1ubuntu3","2:7.4.963-1ubuntu1","2:7.4.963-1ubuntu4","2:7.4.963-1ubuntu5","2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1","2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-athena"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-athena-py2"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-common"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gnome"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gnome-py2"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gtk"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gtk-py2"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gtk3"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gtk3-py2"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-gui-common"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-nox"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-nox-py2"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-runtime"},{"binary_version":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"vim-tiny"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-1248","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3139-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}