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CVE-2023-4738

HIGH

7.8

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published9/2/2023

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:macosvim:vim

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-122CWE-787

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24(security@huntr.dev)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1(security@huntr.dev)

https://huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612(security@huntr.dev)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984(security@huntr.dev)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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