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Case File

CVE-2016-1248

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 25.31% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2016-1248
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
25.31%

Original Filing — NVD Description

vim before patch 8.0.0056 does not properly validate values for the 'filetype', 'syntax' and 'keymap' options, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted modeline is opened.