CVE catalog
CVE-2023-48235
vim: CVE-2023-48235
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.76% · Oct 25, 2026
Vim is an open source command line text editor. When parsing relative ex addresses one may unintentionally cause an overflow. Ironically this happens in the existing overflow check, because the line number becomes negative and LONG_MAX - lnum will cause the overflow. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `060623e` which has been included in release version 9.0.2110. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.0197-4ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1144-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1401-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.15 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3565-1ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | vim | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vim | source | sid | 2:9.0.2116-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | forky | 2:9.0.2116-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | trixie | 2:9.0.2116-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | vim | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | vim | deb | pro | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48235 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | vim | deb | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48235 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | vim | deb | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48235 | 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-2024_0783-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-48235]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48235]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48235]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-48235.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2962.json]
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