CVE-2023-48237

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.3 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 16, 2023
Updated: Jan 25, 2024
CWE ID 190

Summary

CVE-2023-48237 is a vulnerability affecting Vim, an open source command line text editor. The vulnerability occurs in certain versions of Vim when shifting lines in operator pending mode with a very large value, which can lead to an integer overflow. The impact is low and user interaction is required, meaning a crash may not occur in all situations. The issue has been addressed in commit `6bf131888`, included in version 9.0.2112, and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. The vulnerability has a base severity of Medium with a base score of 4.3 according to the NVD rating, and it requires user interaction over a network connection to exploit.

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