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CVE-2023-0433 (GCVE-0-2023-0433)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-02 13:55
VLAI
Title
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1225.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-02 13:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.1225 (custom)
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