CVE-2023-48237

Impact

Vim is an open source command line text editor. In affected versions when shifting lines in operator pending mode and using a very large value, it may be possible to overflow the size of integer. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `6bf131888` which has been included in version 9.0.2112. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e
• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0005/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e
• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0005/