CVE-2023-2609 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531.

Published: 2023-05-09

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

vim

vim/vim

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 9.0.1531

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34083	NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6154-1	Vim vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00018.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d1ae8366aff286d41e7f5bc513cc0a1af5130aad
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1679be5a-565f-4a44-a430-836412a0b622
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCLJN4QINITA3ZASKLEJ64C5TFNKELMO/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2609
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2609

History

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Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora

Vim Vim

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published: 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.713Z

Reserved: 2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-2609

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-09T18:15:14.147

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:55.553

Link: CVE-2023-2609

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2609 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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