Integer overflow in neovim (Alpine package)
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2017-6349 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
neovim (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU33447
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6349
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An integer overflow at a u_read_undo memory allocation site would occur for vim before patch 8.0.0377, if it does not properly validate values for tree length when reading a corrupted undo file, which may lead to resultant buffer overflows.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsneovim (Alpine package): 0.2.0-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9d6c7756fa25f6d0e5c7f4de50c5b0bace40d217
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f5bf7a6023c0e044a089cc7cf27278c45e55b064
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=4e2ff29bbe166586bfa55dd3fcd748093df274b4
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c739105d99fb24838dc0ea8ad75bdde1f97f05e6
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=70ab2cf105d1d6be0272ef2213cbe36bd59c52c6
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
