CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4101

9.3 HIGH Published 2008-09-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.

Affected configurations

• vim vim (<= 7.2) • vim vim 3.0 • vim vim 4.0 • vim vim 5.0 • vim vim 5.1 • vim vim 5.2 • vim vim 5.3 • vim vim 5.4 • vim vim 5.5 • vim vim 5.6 • vim vim 5.7 • vim vim 5.8 • vim vim 6.0 • vim vim 6.1 • vim vim 6.2 • vim vim 6.3 • vim vim 6.4 • vim vim 7.0 • vim vim 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References