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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/vim-CVE-2017-5953.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/vim-CVE-2017-5953.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b66f1bf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/vim-CVE-2017-5953.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Fix CVE-2017-5953:
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5953
+https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/t-3RSdEnrHY
+
+Patch adapted from upstream commit, correcting the transcription error
+in the bounds check:
+
+https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/399c297aa93afe2c0a39e2a1b3f972aebba44c9d
+
+diff --git a/src/spellfile.c b/src/spellfile.c
+index c7d87c6..8b1a3a6 100644
+--- a/src/spellfile.c
++++ b/src/spellfile.c
+@@ -1595,6 +1595,9 @@ spell_read_tree(
+     len = get4c(fd);
+     if (len < 0)
+ 	return SP_TRUNCERROR;
++    if (len >= 0x3fffffff)
++	/* Invalid length, multiply with sizeof(int) would overflow. */
++	return SP_FORMERROR;
+     if (len > 0)
+     {
+ 	/* Allocate the byte array. */