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CVE-2023-2426

Published: 29 April 2023

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

Notes

AuthorNote
rodrigo-zaiden
issue was likely introduced around versions 8.2.1665
(commit 635414dd) and 8.2.2813 (commit bb01a1ef), that is, affects
Ubuntu versions starting from jammy. PoC easily reproduces on affected
versions.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy
Released (2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8)
kinetic
Released (2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.4)
lunar
Released (2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.1)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (2:9.0.1378-2, 9.0.1499)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/caf642c25de526229264cab9425e7c9979f3509b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H