Bug 2250274 (CVE-2023-48237) - CVE-2023-48237 vim: buffer overflow in shift_line
Summary: CVE-2023-48237 vim: buffer overflow in shift_line
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-48237
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: 2250281
Blocks: 2250282
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-11-17 12:13 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-03-27 16:40 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.2112
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A flaw was found in Vim, an open source command line text editor. In affected versions, when shifting lines in operator pending mode and using a large value, it may be possible to overflow the size of the integer. 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 12:13:00 UTC 
Vim is an open source command line text editor. In affected versions when shifting lines in operator pending mode and using a very large value, it may be possible to overflow the size of integer. 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/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2023-11-17 12:13:31 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2250281]
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