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CVE-2008-3432

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 8.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-10-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2008-3432
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
8.62%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the mch_expand_wildcards function in os_unix.c in Vim 6.2 and 6.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in filenames, as demonstrated by the netrw.v3 test case.