Ubuntu Security Notice USN-712-1 – Jan Minar discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize inputs before invoking the execute or system functions inside Vim scripts. If a user were tricked into running Vim scripts with a specially crafted input, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Ben Schmidt discovered that Vim did not properly escape characters when performing keyword or tag lookups. If a user were tricked into running specially crafted commands, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/74361/USN-712-1.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/74361/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-712-1.html