Withdrawn by the publisher.

vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

neovim-0.5.1-1.1 on GA media

Security update for vim

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: vim

vim before patch 8.0.0322 does not properly validate values for tree length when handling a spell file, which may result in an integer overflow at a memory allocation site and a resultant buffer overflow.

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in vim ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder möglicherweise beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen.