CVE-2008-3432

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 10, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-3432: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix