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CVE-2023-0051

Publication date 4 January 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1144.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

ccdm94

the vulnerable code seems to have been introduced by commit a97c36310f (vim version 8.2.3006), as a fix for issue #8388.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H