CVE-2023-48232
LowCVSS 3.9Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk47th percentile — higher than 47% of all known CVEs
Summary
Vim is an open source command line text editor. A floating point exception may occur when calculating the line offset for overlong lines and smooth scrolling is enabled with the cpo-settings including the 'n' flag. This issue leads to application crashes.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may experience crashes of the Vim editor, disrupting the work of users with non-default settings. The security impact is limited to application crashes.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.2107 to mitigate this vulnerability. Users should avoid non-default settings that may lead to this issue.
Original NVD description (English source)
Vim is an open source command line text editor. A floating point exception may occur when calculating the line offset for overlong lines and smooth scrolling is enabled and the cpo-settings include the 'n' flag. This may happen when a window border is present and when the wrapped line continues on the next physical line directly in the window border because the 'cpo' setting includes the 'n' flag. Only users with non-default settings are affected and the exception should only result in a crash. This issue has been addressed in commit `cb0b99f0` which has been included in release version 9.0.2107. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.