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CVE-2007-2953

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2007-07-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

Affected Platforms

Vim Development Group Vim

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References