CVE catalog
CVE-2023-4738
vim: CVE-2023-4738
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.60% · Oct 25, 2026
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vim | sid | 2:9.2.0858-1 | fixed |
| Debian | vim | forky | 2:9.2.0858-1 | fixed |
| Debian | vim | trixie | 2:9.1.1230-2 | fixed |
| Debian | vim | bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Cpe | debian_linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | neovim | Not reported | 0.10.0 | fixed |
| Cpe | vim | Not reported | 9.0.1848 | fixed |
| Cpe | macos | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Alpine | vim | 3.18 | 9.0.2073-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | vim | 3.19 | 9.0.1888-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | vim | 3.20 | 9.0.1888-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | vim | 3.21 | 9.0.1888-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | vim | 3.22 | 9.0.1888-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | vim | 3.23 | 9.0.1888-r0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vim | source | sid | 2:9.0.1894-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | forky | 2:9.0.1894-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | trixie | 2:9.0.1894-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | neovim | cpe | Not reported | 0.10.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Cpe | vim | cpe | Not reported | 9.0.1848 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.18 | 9.0.2073-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.19 | 9.0.1888-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.20 | 9.0.1888-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.21 | 9.0.1888-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.22 | 9.0.1888-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vim | apk | 3.23 | 9.0.1888-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_3942-1.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4738]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-4738]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4738]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4738]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2753.json]
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