Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim/vim

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2023-2426
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntr_ai
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-29 22:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-09-24 15:38:35 UTC
DescriptionUse of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.004090000 probability, percentile 0.323550000 (date 2026-09-24)

Problem Types: CWE-823 | NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-823 CWE-823 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
3.0[email protected]Secondary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
3.0CNADECLARED6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos 11.7.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Macos 12.6.8 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 9.0.1499 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.8 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
huntr – Security Bounties for any GitHub repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
patch 9.0.1499: using uninitialized memory with fuzzy matching · vim/vim@caf642c · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182057 Debian Security Update for vim (CVE-2023-2426)
  • 199407 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6154-1)
  • 283993 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-99d2eaac80)
  • 284110 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-d6baa1d93e)
  • 355429 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2023-1761
  • 673212 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2371)
  • 673216 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2397)
  • 673265 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2630)
  • 673282 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2600)
  • 673492 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2714)
  • 674067 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-2672)
  • 754268 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:2640-1)
  • 906888 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (26403-1)
  • 906895 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (26394-1)

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report