Description
An integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0378, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
Published: 2017-02-27
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-850-1 vim security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15411 An integer overflow at an unserialize_uep memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0378, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4309-1 Vim vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01048}

epss

{'score': 0.00804}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:25:49.084Z

Reserved: 2017-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6350

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-27T07:59:00.537

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6350

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6350 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses