Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-06-05 CWE: CWE-94 Bugzilla: 1718308: CVE-2019-12735 vim/neovim: arbitrary command execution in getchar.c getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-12735 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | vim | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | vim | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | vim | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vim | Under investigation |
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