CVE-2019-12735

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

8.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 56.63% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/numirias/security/blob/master/doc/2019-06-04_ace-vim-neovim.md patch third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/53575521406739cf20bbe4e384d88e7dca11f040 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/10082 third party advisory patch
https://bugs.debian.org/930020 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugs.debian.org/930024 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BMDSHTF754TITC6AQJPCS5IRIDMMIM7/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4016-2/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108724 vdb entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRIRBC2YRGKPAWVRMZS4SZTGGCVRVZPR/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00036.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00037.html vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4467 vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/33 mailing list
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1619 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1774 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1793 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00034.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00050.html vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4487 vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/39 mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1947 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00003.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00075.html vendor advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K93144355?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-04 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12735?
CVE-2019-12735 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12735?
To fix CVE-2019-12735, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12735 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12735 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~57% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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