vim up to 9.0.1145 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in vim. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-0288. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim (Word Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1189.

The weakness was published 01/13/2023. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0288 since 01/13/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.1189 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 232bdaaca98c34a99ffadf27bf6ee08be6cc8f6a 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-2023-12366). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 9.0.1189
Patch: 232bdaaca98c34a99ffadf27bf6ee08be6cc8f6a

Timelineinfo

01/13/2023 🔍
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07/07/2025 +906 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 232bdaaca98c34a99ffadf27bf6ee08be6cc8f6a
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218300
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2023 20:06
Updated: 07/07/2025 07:04
Changes: 01/13/2023 20:06 (50), 02/07/2023 08:15 (1), 02/07/2023 08:17 (12), 07/07/2025 07:04 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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