vim prior 9.0.1331 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-4751. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim (Word Processing Software). This issue affects 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.

The weakness was released 09/04/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-4751 since 09/03/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.1331 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e1121b139480f53d1b06f84f3e4574048108fa0b 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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vim 9.0.1331
Patch: e1121b139480f53d1b06f84f3e4574048108fa0b

Timelineinfo

09/03/2023 🔍
09/04/2023 +1 days 🔍
09/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2023 +26 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: e1121b139480f53d1b06f84f3e4574048108fa0b
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-4751 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-238691

Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2023 07:28
Updated: 09/30/2023 09:23
Changes: 09/04/2023 07:28 (49), 09/30/2023 09:20 (1), 09/30/2023 09:23 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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