CVE-2023-4738

Publication date 2 September 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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