PT-2023-8859 · Vim+6 · Vim+6

Fabian Toepfer · Published 2023-11-16 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2023-48237

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 9.0.2112

Description The issue is related to the use of very large values when shifting lines in operator pending mode, potentially leading to an integer overflow. This may cause a crash, although the impact is considered low and user interaction is required. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.2112, upgrade to version 9.0.2112 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of very large values when shifting lines in operator pending mode until a patch is applied.

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-32011

BDU:2024-02418

CVE-2023-48237

ECHO-681D-921D-2DE3

GHSA-F2M2-V387-GV87

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-2023-48237.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e · Patch
• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0341.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2000 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-48706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48237 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48237 · 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