CVE-2008-3432
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 8.6%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3418)
- Published
- October 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3418 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vim / vim
- vim / vim
References
- ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.2.429
- ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/6.3/6.3.059
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33410
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-001.htm
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/01/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30648
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455455
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44722
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11203
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5987
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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