CVE-2023-4738

NameCVE-2023-4738
DescriptionHeap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vim (PTS)bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2vulnerable
sid, trixie2:9.1.0709-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vimsource(unstable)2:9.0.1894-1

Notes

[bookworm] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; intrusive and hard to backport and will need a rewrite)
https://huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612/
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1 (v9.0.1848)

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