CVE-2008-4101
EPSS 15.2%Published: 9/18/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4101
Description
Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to (1) execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" (semicolon) followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument after a (2) "Ctrl-]" (control close-square-bracket) or (3) "g]" (g close-square-bracket) keystroke sequence, a different issue than CVE-2008-2712.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/vimfrom 0, < 2:7.2.010-1