CVE-2004-1138

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

VIM before 6.3 and gVim before 6.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a file containing a crafted modeline that is executed when the file is viewed using options such as (1) termcap, (2) printdevice, (3) titleold, (4) filetype, (5) syntax, (6) backupext, (7) keymap, (8) patchmode, or (9) langmenu.

Affected products

Vim Development Group Vim: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 (+10)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110313588125609&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-010.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2343
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18503
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9571
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110313588125609&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-010.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2343

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