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CVE-2023-0049: Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-01-04 · updated 2026-09-24
- Weakness: CWE-125
Description
Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1143.
Affected products
- Apple macOS: 13.3
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37
- Neovim: from 0.1.0 before 0.10.0 — fixed in 0.10.0
- NetApp Hci Compute Node: all versions
- vim/vim: before 9.0.1143 — fixed in 9.0.1143
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Neovim 0.10.0; vim/vim 9.0.1143. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Mar/17
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/5e6f325c-ba54-4bf0-b050-dca048fd3fd9
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3Y752EAVACVC5XY2TMGGOAIU25VQRPDW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T33LLWHLH63XDCO5OME7NWN63RA4U5HF/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-16
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213670
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Mar/17
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7b17eb4b063a234376c1ec909ee293e42cff290c
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/5e6f325c-ba54-4bf0-b050-dca048fd3fd9
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3Y752EAVACVC5XY2TMGGOAIU25VQRPDW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T33LLWHLH63XDCO5OME7NWN63RA4U5HF/
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