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CVE-2004-1138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1138 describes a critical vulnerability in VIM and gVim versions prior to 6.3, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands. This occurs when viewing a specially crafted file containing malicious modeline options. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: vim-1:6.3.046-0.30E.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: vim-1:6.3.046-0.40E.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1138Low

security flaw

Dec 15, 2004

References

marc.info
bugzilla.fedora.us / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18503
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9571
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-10.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-010.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-036.html