CVE-2023-0054 (GCVE-0-2023-0054)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim
Summary
Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1145.
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-09 15:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
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