CVE-2007-2953

Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.8)—
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.
CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Puntuación base: 6.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 4.18%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 91
Fecha de la puntuación: 2/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)

VIM Development Group — VIM
CWE

NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias

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      "value": "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."
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      "comment": "Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248542\n\nThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.  More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/\n",
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