CVE-2023-48235 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in VIM

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
CNA2.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
VIMFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedNov 16
Latest updateDec 14

Description

Vim is an open source command line text editor. When parsing relative ex addresses one may unintentionally cause an overflow. Ironically this happens in the existing overflow check, because the line number becomes negative and LONG_MAX - lnum will cause the overflow. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `060623e` which has been included in release version 9.0.2110. Users are advised to upgrade. Ther…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5vim/vim< 9.0.2110
▶NVDvim/vim< 9.0.2110
▶Debianvim/vim< 2:9.0.2116-1+1
▶Ubuntuvim/vim< 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21+4

Also affects: Fedora 37, 38, 39

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
vim vulnerabilities↗2023-12-14
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CVEList
overflow in ex address parsing in vim↗2023-11-16
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OSV
CVE-2023-48235: Vim is an open source command line text editor↗2023-11-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Vim vulnerabilities↗2023-12-14
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Red Hat
vim: overflow in ex address parsing↗2023-11-16
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Microsoft
overflow in ex address parsing in vim↗2023-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2023-48235: vim - Vim is an open source command line text editor. When parsing relative ex address...↗2023
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