DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2953
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2953
Upstream
Published
2007-07-31T10:17:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:01:22.959720Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Format string vulnerability in the helptagsone function in src/excmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.1-056+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.1-056+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.1-056+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/vim?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:7.1-056+1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}