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CVE-2023-0288

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0288 is a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim versions prior to 9.0.1189. This flaw could allow an attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through local access and user interaction. While the CVSS score is 7.8, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.1189CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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 (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18008-16823Fixed in: 9.0.1189-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18007-16820Fixed in: 9.0.1189-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 vim 9.0.1189-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 9.0.1189-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.1189-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.1189-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2023-0288Low

vim: a heap-based buffer overflow

Jan 12, 2023
microsoft2023-Jan/CVE-2023-0288Important

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Jan 10, 2023

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Mar/17
github.com / vim/vim/commit/232bdaaca98c34a99ffadf27bf6ee08be6cc8f6a
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/550a0852-9be0-4abe-906c-f803b34e41d3
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WYC22GGZ6QA66HLNLHCTAJU265TT3O33
support.apple.com / kb/HT213670