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CVE-2023-48237

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-48237 is an integer overflow vulnerability affecting Vim, an open-source command-line text editor, specifically impacting Fedora and Vim distributions. When shifting lines in operator pending mode with a very large value, an integer overflow can occur. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), requiring user interaction and having a low impact, primarily a potential crash that may not always manifest. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.0.2112CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.8LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
keraspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18250-16823Fixed in: 9.0.2112-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 vim 9.0.2112-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 9.0.2112-1
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: vim
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: vim

Vendor Advisories (4)

denollm-deno-650ac71876afb4f8CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
kerasllm-keras-d13bbd8768a57997CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
redhatCVE-2023-48237Low

vim: buffer overflow in shift_line

Nov 16, 2023
microsoft2023-Nov/CVE-2023-48237Moderate

overflow in shift_line in vim

Nov 14, 2023

References

github.com / vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e
Patch
github.com / vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20231227-0005
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
Mailing List