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CVE-2023-3896

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-3896 is a Divide By Zero vulnerability affecting Vim versions 9.0.1367-1 through 9.0.1367-3. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk, and could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. Exploitation requires user interaction and local access. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.1367CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:9.0.1367:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 29th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.1562-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.1562-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18334-16823Fixed in: 9.0.1562-2

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-3896Important

A divide by zero issue existed in vim of OpenCloudOS Stream

Aug 8, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-3896Low

vim: Divide by zero in scroll_cursor_bot

Aug 7, 2023

References

github.com / vim/vim/issues/12528
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / vim/vim/pull/12540
PatchVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230831-0012