CVE catalog
CVE-2023-48237
vim: CVE-2023-48237
- 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. In affected versions when shifting lines in operator pending mode and using a very large value, it may be possible to overflow the size of integer. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `6bf131888` which has been included in version 9.0.2112. 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-2023-48237 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | vim | deb | 20.04 | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48237 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | vim | deb | 22.04 | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48237 | 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-2023-48237]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48237]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48237]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-48237.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2962.json]
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