vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-48234: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2024-1902)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 16, 2023 | Jan 9, 2024 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 16, 2023
Added
Jan 9, 2024
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
Vim is an open source command line text editor. When getting the count for a normal mode z command, it may overflow for large counts given. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `58f9befca1` which has been included in release version 9.0.2109. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-vim
References
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