Medium severity · published Mar 4, 2023
CVE-2023-1175
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1378
6.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1378.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37; 38 · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
through 0.8.3 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.1378 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1175
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c99cbf8f289bdda5d4a77d7ec415850a520330ba
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/7e93fc17-92eb-4ae7-b01a-93bb460b643e
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIAKPMKJ4OZ6NYRZJO7YWMNQL2BICLYV/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IE44W6WMMREYCW3GJHPSYP7NK2VT5NY6/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4KDAU76Z7QNSPKZX2JAJ6O7KIEOXWTL/
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