SB2019060513 - OS Command Injection in Vim Vim 



SB2019060513 - OS Command Injection in Vim Vim

Published: June 5, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019060513
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12735)

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References