7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vim is a cross-platform text editor. Vim is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability that stems from a boundary error in the utf_ptr2char function when handling untrusted input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.