Buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-4738

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Buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-4738

Published: September 6, 2023 / Updated: October 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80504
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4738
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the vim_regsub_both() function in src/regexp.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Enterprise Storage
macOS
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
Oracle Solaris
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Redis for Pivotal Platform
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-debugsource
vim-common
vim-X11
vim-enhanced
vim-debuginfo
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-data
vim-data-common
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-doc
ObjectScale
PowerStore X
EMC ECS
PowerStore T
SmartFabric OS10
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4738

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.1848
macOS - update to 14.1 23B74
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.66, 3.0.19
PowerStore X - update to 3.2.1.4-2386214
EMC ECS - update to 3.8.1.1
PowerStore T - update to 4.0.0.2-2365061
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 8.0.120
vim - update to 9.0-16
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-16
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-16
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-16
vim-common - update to 9.0-16
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-16
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-16
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-16
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1712-1.82, 9.0.1882-1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-17.23.2, 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-common - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-data - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2026-1
SmartFabric OS10 - update to 10.6.0.3
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 65
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - addressed in versions 19.9.0.4, 19.10
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery - update to 19.15.0.1

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