CVE-2007-2953

no score yetEPSS 4.2%

Format string vulnerability in the helptags_one function in src/ex_cmds.c in Vim 6.4 and earlier, and 7.x up to 7.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a help-tags tag in a help file, related to the helptags command.

EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2007-07-31
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vim_development_group:vim

References

ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.1/7.1.039
http://secunia.com/advisories/25941
http://secunia.com/advisories/26285
http://secunia.com/advisories/26522
http://secunia.com/advisories/26594

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