Integer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-48235

 

Integer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-48235

Published: November 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83388
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-48235
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Vim.org
Affected software:
Vim

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when parsing relative ex addresses. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger an integer overflow and crash the application.

How to mitigate CVE-2023-48235

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources