Medium severity · published Apr 29, 2023
CVE-2023-2426
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
11.7.9; 12.6.8 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
0.7.0 before 0.10.0 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.1499 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2426
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2426
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/caf642c25de526229264cab9425e7c9979f3509b
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/3451be4c-91c8-4d08-926b-cbff7396f425
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LOJP6M7ZTKZQYOGVOOAY6TIE6ACBJL55/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCLJN4QINITA3ZASKLEJ64C5TFNKELMO/
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
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