CVE-2023-4738

Name
CVE-2023-4738
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1
MISC https://huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612
MISC https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
MISC http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
vim/vim >= unspecified < 9.0.1848

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
vim edge-main 9.0.1888-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
vim 3.22-main 9.0.1888-r0 None fixed
vim 3.21-main 9.0.1888-r0 None fixed
vim 3.20-main 9.0.1888-r0 None fixed
vim 3.19-main 9.0.1888-r0 None fixed
vim 3.18-main 9.0.2073-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
vim 3.17-main 9.0.0999-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable