vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-1170: Medium priority package update for vim
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 4, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 4, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1376.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim's utf_ptr2char() function of the src/mbyte.c file. This flaw occurs because there is access to invalid memory with put in visual block mode. An attacker can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Vim's utf_ptr2char() function of the src/mbyte.c file. This flaw occurs because there is access to invalid memory with put in visual block mode. An attacker can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-common-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-dataamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-default-editoramazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhancedamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhanced-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimalamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimal-debuginfo
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