Bug 2250273 (CVE-2023-48236) - CVE-2023-48236 vim: overflow in get_number
Summary: CVE-2023-48236 vim: overflow in get_number
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-48236
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2250280
Blocks: 2250282
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-11-17 12:12 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-03-27 16:40 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.2111
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A flaw was found in Vim, an open source command line text editor. When using the z= command, the user may overflow the count with values larger than MAX_INT. The impact is low because user interaction is required and a crash may not happen in all situations.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-11-17 12:12:58 UTC 
Vim is an open source command line text editor. When using the z= command, the user may overflow the count with values larger than MAX_INT. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/73b2d3790cad5694fc0ed0db2926e4220c48d968
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-pr4c-932v-8hx5
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-11-17 12:13:29 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2250280]
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