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CVE-2023-4735 (GCVE-0-2023-4735)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-02 17:46 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:19
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds Write in vim/vim
Summary
Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1847.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-13 01:55 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.1847 (custom)
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