DescriptionA heap-based buffer overflow was found in Vim in the msg_puts_printf function in the message.c file. The issue occurs because of an invalid memory access when calculating the length of a string when a specially crafted input is processed. This flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.A heap-based buffer overflow was found in Vim in the msg_puts_printf function in the message.c file. The issue occurs because of an invalid memory access when calculating the length of a string when a specially crafted input is processed. This flaw allows an attacker who can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file into triggering the heap-based buffer overflow, causing the application to crash.
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.
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