Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-1170
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-03-03 23:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-09-18 15:37:44 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1376.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.6 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

EPSS: 0.004950000 probability, percentile 0.415710000 (date 2026-09-20)

Problem Types: CWE-122 | CWE-122 CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.6MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNADECLARED7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Neovim Neovim All All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 9.0.1376 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
huntr – Security Bounties for any GitHub repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
patch 9.0.1376: accessing invalid memory with put in Visual block mode · vim/vim@1c73b65 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1407-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183131 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2023-1170)
  • 199247 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-5963-1)
  • 283807 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-d4ebe53978)
  • 283850 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-030318ca00)
  • 284242 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-43cb13aefb)
  • 354851 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2023-2005
  • 354870 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2023-1716
  • 355139 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-151
  • 503141 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 505956 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 672900 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1815)
  • 672961 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1833)
  • 672979 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1883)
  • 672982 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-1858)
  • 673153 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2304)
  • 673162 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2280)
  • 753803 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:0760-1)
  • 753809 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:0781-1)
  • 906655 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (25575-3)
  • 906718 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (25573-1)

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