CVE-2017-5953

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Feb 10, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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