CVE-2007-2953

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 31, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-2953: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix