High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-4738
CVE-2023-4738
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.
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Affected products
29- osv-coords27 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1+ 26 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-17.23.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-17.23.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1nvdPatch
- huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213984nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.htmlnvd
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