Low severity2.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2023· Updated Jun 23, 2026
CVE-2023-48237
CVE-2023-48237
Description
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.
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Affected products
27- osv-coords25 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg: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-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-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%20SP5pkg: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%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-17.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-17.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496envdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0005/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1nvdMailing List
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