CVE-2023-48233
LowCVSS 2.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk50th percentile — higher than 50% of all known CVEs
Summary
Vim is an open source command line text editor. If the count after the :s command is larger than what fits into a (signed) long variable, abort with e_value_too_large. This issue has been addressed in release version 9.0.2108.
Risk Assessment
The impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations.
Recommendation
Users are advised to upgrade to version 9.0.2108 to mitigate this vulnerability.
Original NVD description (English source)
Vim is an open source command line text editor. If the count after the :s command is larger than what fits into a (signed) long variable, abort with e_value_too_large. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `ac6378773` which has been included in release version 9.0.2108. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.