6.9

CVE-2009-0316: vim

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0316openSUSE-SU-2024:10234-1
Published 28-01-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0316 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.73%
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 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2022:4619-1

Timeline

  1. 28-01-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983), as demonstrated by an erroneous search path for plugin/bike.vim in bicyclerepair.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.73% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.73%

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< 2:7.2.025-2
Opensuse1 product
  • vim&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 8.0.130-1.1
Vim1 product
  • vim≤ 7.2 | 1.0 | 1.22 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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