CVE-2007-2953
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2945)
- Published
- July 31, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2945 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vim development group / vim
- vim development group / vim
- vim development group / vim
- vim development group / vim
References
- ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25941(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26522
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26653
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-66/advisory/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-August/001770.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1364
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:168
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475076/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25095(Patch)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-505-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35655
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1595
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11549
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6463
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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