VDB-217403 · CVE-2023-0049 · EUVD-2023-12152

vim up to 9.0.0882 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in vim. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-0049. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim (Word Processing Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1143.

The weakness was presented 01/04/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-0049 since 01/04/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.1143 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12152). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Word Processing Software

Name

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/vim/vim/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (huntr.dev): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: vim 9.0.1143
Patch: 7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c

Timelineinfo

01/04/2023 🔍
01/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0049 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0049
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217403
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2023 18:42
Updated: 07/06/2025 22:43
Changes: 01/04/2023 18:42 (40), 01/28/2023 10:15 (1), 01/28/2023 10:21 (22), 01/17/2025 23:06 (17), 07/06/2025 22:43 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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