PT-2023-8858 · Vim+6 · Vim+6

Fabian Toepfer · Published 2023-11-16 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2023-48236

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.0.2111

Description The issue is related to the use of the z= command in Vim, which can cause an overflow of the count with values larger than MAX INT. This can lead to a crash, but the impact is low and user interaction is required. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.2111, upgrade to release version 9.0.2111 or later, as this version includes the commit 73b2d379 that addresses the vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-7676

ALT-PU-2023-7776

ALT-PU-2023-7778

ALT-PU-2024-1095

AZL-32012

BDU:2024-02417

CVE-2023-48236

ECHO-193B-A5B8-9492

GHSA-PR4C-932V-8HX5

MGASA-2023-0341

OESA-2023-1874

OESA-2023-1876

OESA-2023-1883

OESA-2023-1884

OESA-2023-1885

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1287-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0783-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0871-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1287-1

USN-6557-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

Vim

References · 90

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48236.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4c-932v-8hx5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/73b2d3790cad5694fc0ed0db2926e4220c48d968 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1725 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1876 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-48236 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0341.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2023-48236 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6557-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2042 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48236 · Security Note