CVE-2008-3432

Published: 10 October 2008

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
vim Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	feisty	Not vulnerable
	gutsy	Not vulnerable
	hardy	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (7.0)

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3432
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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