CVE-2023-48235
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.8–4.3
ssvc
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affected products (21)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_vmware_vsphere
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-2962vim: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-48235/cnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-6g74-hr6q-pr8gPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48235cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.7511cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/060623e4a3bc72b011e7cd92bedb3bfb64e06200enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-6g74-hr6q-pr8genisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/enisa_euvd
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