CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0408

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2001-06-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-06-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

vim (aka gvim) processes VIM control codes that are embedded in a file, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands when another user opens a file containing malicious VIM control codes.

Affected configurations

• vim development group vim 5.7

References