CVE-2023-48236

Description

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.

References

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3