CVE-2008-3432

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3432
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-10-10T10:30:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T02:19:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/4
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Patch
ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30648
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44722
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5987
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11203
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3432
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3432
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:28:12 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 19:02:11 2023-02-02T17:15:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 19:02:12 Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case. CVE-2008-3432 vim: heap buffer overflow in mch_expand_wildcards() Description updated
2023-02-13 03:02:42 2023-02-13T02:19:22 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 03:02:42 CVE-2008-3432 vim: heap buffer overflow in mch_expand_wildcards() Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case. Description updated