Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Vim, gVim: Remote execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability has been found in Vim and gVim concerning how certain modeline options are treated. vim, gvim 2017-01-11 2017-01-11 600650 remote 8.0.0106 8.0.0106 8.0.0106 8.0.0106

Vim is an efficient, highly configurable improved version of the classic ‘vi’ text editor. gVim is the GUI version of Vim.

Vim and gVim do not properly validate values for the ‘filetype’, ‘syntax’, and ‘keymap’ options.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file using Vim/gVim with certain modeline options enabled possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Disabling modeline support in .vimrc by adding “set nomodeline” will prevent exploitation of this flaw. By default, modeline is enabled for ordinary users but disabled for root.

All Vim users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/vim-8.0.0106"

All gVim users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gvim-8.0.0106"

CVE-2016-1248 whissi whissi