CVE-2023-48235
Publication date 16 November 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Why is this CVE low priority?
Requires user interaction
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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vim | ||
22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
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Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.3 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | Low |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6557-1
- Vim vulnerabilities
- 14 December 2023
Other references
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-6g74-hr6q-pr8g
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/060623e4a3bc72b011e7cd92bedb3bfb64e06200 (v9.0.2110)
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/060623e4a3bc72b011e7cd92bedb3bfb64e06200
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48235