High severity · published Jan 4, 2023
CVE-2023-0049
Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1143
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1143.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
13.3 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37 · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
0.1.0 before 0.10.0 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.1143 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0049
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0049
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Mar/17
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/5e6f325c-ba54-4bf0-b050-dca048fd3fd9
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3Y752EAVACVC5XY2TMGGOAIU25VQRPDW/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T33LLWHLH63XDCO5OME7NWN63RA4U5HF/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
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