Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the originally reported version was 7.1.314, but the researcher actually found this set of issues in 7.1.298. NOTE: the zipplugin issue (originally vector 2 in this identifier) has been subsumed by CVE-2008-3075.
CVE-2008-2712
HIGHCVSS v2 · 9.39.3—ElevatedEG-KEV Tier 3: ElevatedEG-KEV is EchelonGraph's own tiering of exploitation signals from CISA KEV, CISA's SSVC data (Vulnrichment), ransomware data, public exploit-code references and EPSS.Tier 3 is not evidence of exploitation. It means public exploit code is referenced, or CISA's SSVC data says "public PoC", or EPSS ranks the CVE in the top 5%.Signals for this CVE: EPSS in the top 5%, other public exploit code (a GitHub or vendor proof of concept, or an Exploit-DB entry not marked verified).Earliest public exploit code on record: 2008-06-14EchelonGraph confidence 42%: a heuristic from the tier and the number of signals, not a measured probability.
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 9.3 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 15.0% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
Triggered by: NVD CVSS v2.0 (legacy fallback)
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v2.0
9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
- Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 15%CVSS v2: 9.3Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 9.3HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 9.3HIGHlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 62EG Risk 62/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity93% × 45%The EG Score, 9.3 of 10.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability30% × 15%EchelonGraph's default before algorithm v3.4: CISA had not published Automatable for this CVE.SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 15%
- EPSS %ILE
- 96th
- KEV
- Not listed
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
Published
June 16, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (40)
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121494431426308&w=2Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30731 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32222 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32858 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32864 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33410 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34418 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3951Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-457.htmThird Party Advisory
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- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0247Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:236Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/16/2Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/1Mailing List · Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.htmlBroken Link
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0580.htmlThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0617.htmlThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0618.htmlThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493352/100/0/threaded (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493353/100/0/threaded (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495319/100/0/threaded (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502322/100/0/threaded (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29715 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020293Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-712-1Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1851/referencesThird Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0033Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0904Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43083Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2622Broken Link
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11109Third Party Advisory
- MITRE · CVE Programhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6238Third Party Advisory
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | vim (1:7.1.314-3ubuntu3.1) @ intrepid | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | vim-1:6.0-7.25 | 2008-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | vim-1:6.3.046-1.el4_7.5z | 2008-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | vim-2:7.0.109-4.el5_2.4z | 2008-11-25 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
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Debian:4.0(1)
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| vim | 1:7.0-122+1etch2, 1:7.0-122+1etch3, 1:7.0-122+1etch4 |
| — |
Debian:5.0(1)
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| vim | — |
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-31911Published Jun 14, 2008
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2008-2712?
CVE-2008-2712 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on June 16, 2008. Vim 7.1.314, 6.4, and other versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via Vim scripts that do not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions, as demonstrated using (1) filetype.vim, (3) xpm.vim, (4) gzip_vim, and (5) netrw. NOTE: the…
When was CVE-2008-2712 made public?
CVE-2008-2712 was made public on June 16, 2008: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on June 16, 2008. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2008-2712 actively exploited?
CVE-2008-2712 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (96th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2008-2712?
A fix for CVE-2008-2712 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.
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