Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.0.2108)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-6068915
  • published17 Nov 2023
  • disclosed16 Nov 2023
  • creditFabian Toepfer

Introduced: 16 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-48233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.0.2108 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. When the :s command is used with a count larger than what fits into a signed long variable, it may cause the system to abort due to the value being too large.

Note:

This is only exploitable if user interaction is involved and a crash may not occur in all situations.

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