5.5

CVE-2017-1000382: vim

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000382DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000382
Published 31-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-1000382 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 31-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

VIM version 8.0.1187 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a swap file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME].swp") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the vi binary.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • vimAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • vimAll versions (No fix recorded)
Vim1 product
  • vim≤ 8.0.1187

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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