Neovim could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12735)
11 June 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Neovim could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that Neovim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12735)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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