CVE-2023-2609

Publication date 9 May 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.4
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.15
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Notes

ccdm94

for bionic and earlier, the vulnerable function is in file src/ops.c.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H