CVE-2023-48236

low-risk

Published 2023-11-16

Vim is an open source command line text editor. When using the z= command, the user may overflow the count with values larger than MAX_INT. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This vulnerability has been addressed in commit `73b2d379` which has been included in release version 9.0.2111. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Do I need to act?

0.04% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 2.8/10 Low

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Vim

Fedora

Affected Vendors

Fedoraproject Vim

References (14)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1

Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/73b2d3790cad5694fc0ed0db2926e4220c48d968

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4c-932v-8hx5

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0002/

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1

Patch https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/73b2d3790cad5694fc0ed0db2926e4220c48d968

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4c-932v-8hx5

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0002/

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low-risk

Severity 11/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 10/34 · Low