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CVE-2007-2953: vim_development_group vim

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953
Published 31-07-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-2953 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in vim_development_group vim. EPSS estimates a 4.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1
DSA-1364-1DSA-1364-2OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11497-1RHSA-2008:0580RHSA-2008:0617

Timeline

  1. 31-07-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • vim< 1:7.1-056+1
Vim_development_group1 product
  • vim≤ 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1.38

2 vendors · 2 products

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