Number: AV19-113
Date: 12 June 2019
Two Linux command-line text editors are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted file. Vim versions before 8.1.1365 and Neovim versions before 0.3.6 contain the vulnerable code.
CCCS encourages users and administrators to apply the necessary updates:
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v8.1.1365
- https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/v0.3.6
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