ubuntu-cve-2023-2426
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-04-29 22:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:55
Summary
Details

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "vim",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-athena",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-common",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-gtk3",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-gui-common",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-nox",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-runtime",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-tiny",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xxd",
            "binary_version": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "vim",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim@2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3",
        "2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu4",
        "2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu1",
        "2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu2",
        "2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu3",
        "2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu5",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu1",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.3",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5",
        "2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2426",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:55:42Z",
  "published": "2023-04-29T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2426"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/3451be4c-91c8-4d08-926b-cbff7396f425"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/caf642c25de526229264cab9425e7c9979f3509b"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6154-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2426"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6154-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-2426"
  ]
}



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