| Name | CVE-2008-3432 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u11 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u11 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:9.1.0861-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- vim <not-affected> (Vulnerable code only present in 6.2 and 6.3, none of them in the archive anymore)