Bug 2165798 (CVE-2023-0512) - CVE-2023-0512 vim: divide by zero in adjust_skipcol() at move.ca
Summary: CVE-2023-0512 vim: divide by zero in adjust_skipcol() at move.ca
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-0512
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2167628 2167629 2179801
Blocks: 2165716
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-01-31 05:39 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-03-18 13:15 UTC (History)
26 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.1247
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A divide-by-zero flaw was found in Vim's adjust_skipcol() function in the move.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a floating point exception error and causing an application to crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2023-01-31 05:39:10 UTC 
Divide By Zero in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1247.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/870219c58c0804bdc55419b2e455c06ac715a835
https://huntr.dev/bounties/de83736a-1936-4872-830b-f1e9b0ad2a74
Comment 4 Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-03-20 06:46:11 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2179801]
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