Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2023 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

CVE-2023-2426Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim/vim

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in vim/vim from vim. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12vim2:9.0.1378-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2426
Debian:13vim2:9.0.1378-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2426
Debian:14vim2:9.0.1378-2DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2426
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8USN-6154-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2426

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before 9.0.1499

Weakness: CWE-823 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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