Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim-data package, versions <2:9.0.2120-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-VIMDATA-6098985
  • published5 Dec 2023
  • disclosed16 Nov 2023

Introduced: 16 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-48235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 vim-data to version 2:9.0.2120-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2353.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-data package and not the vim-data package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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