vim up to 9.0.2106 exceptional condition

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in vim up to 9.0.2106. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to exceptional condition. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-48232. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in vim up to 9.0.2106 (Word Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a exceptional condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-755. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles an exceptional condition. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vim is an open source command line text editor. A floating point exception may occur when calculating the line offset for overlong lines and smooth scrolling is enabled and the cpo-settings include the 'n' flag. This may happen when a window border is present and when the wrapped line continues on the next physical line directly in the window border because the 'cpo' setting includes the 'n' flag. Only users with non-default settings are affected and the exception should only result in a crash. This issue has been addressed in commit `cb0b99f0` which has been included in release version 9.0.2107. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was released 11/17/2023 as GHSA-f6cx-x634-hqpw. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-48232 since 11/13/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 9.0.2107 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cb0b99f0672d8446585d26e998343dceca17d1ce 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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• Word Processing Software

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• vim

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• 9.0.2106

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• open-source

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

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