| Name | CVE-2023-4738 |
| Description | Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vim (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:8.1.0875-5+deb10u6 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2:9.1.0861-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.0.1894-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; intrusive and hard to backport and will need a rewrite)
https://huntr.dev/bounties/9fc7dced-a7bb-4479-9718-f956df20f612/
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ced2c7394aafdc90fb7845e09b3a3fee23d48cb1 (v9.0.1848)
[stretch] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; intrusive and hard to backport and will need a rewrite)
[jessie] - vim <no-dsa> (Minor issue; intrusive and hard to backport and will need a rewrite)