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CVE-2023-4738

Published: 2 September 2023

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
vim Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable
	focal	Not vulnerable
	jammy	Not vulnerable
	lunar	Released (2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2)
	mantic	Released (2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1)
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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