Re: vi buffer overflow

From: Matias Sedalo (s0t4ipv6at_private)
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 07:22:16 PST

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    linux slackware 7.1, VIM - version 5.8.3
    
    c0d4:~$ vim `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
    vim: Symbol `ospeed' has different size in shared object, consider 
    re-linking
    Vim: Double signal, exiting
    c0d4:~$ uname -a
    Linux c0d4 2.2.19 #7 Wed Nov 7 06:54:37 ARST 2001 i586 unknown
    
    
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    On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Emmanuel BENOIT wrote:
    
    > It seems that this bug has been fixed with vim 6.0 (even in alpha versions) :
    > 
    > tseeker@abboth:~$ uname -a
    > Linux abboth 2.4.10 #1 Wed Oct 3 13:58:10 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
    > tseeker@abboth:~$ vim --version
    > VIM - Vi IMproved 6.0y ALPHA (2001 Mar 18, compiled Aug  6 2001 22:24:10)
    > [...]
    > tseeker@abboth:~$ vim `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
    > [ The editors opens with 'Illegal file name' in its status line ]
    > 
    > Kaneda Akira wrote:
    > > on Redhat 7.0 (VIM 5.7.8)
    > > # vi `perl -e 'print "A" x 9000'`
    > > Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
    > > Vim: Finished.
    > > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    > > # uname -a
    > > Linux riven 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
    > > #
    > 
    



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