CVE-2023-48237

Public on 2023-11-16
Modified on 2024-03-27
Description
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.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
2.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2024-01-03 ALAS-2024-1902 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2023-11-29 ALAS2-2023-2353 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-12-06 ALAS2023-2023-447 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L