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CVE-2023-0433Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1225.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| @huntrdevCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
References
References10
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/ae933869-a1ec-402a-bbea-d51764c6618e (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/11977f917506d950b7e0cae558bd9189260b253b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-2db4df65c3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-93fb5b08eb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213677 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213675 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213670 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20230327 APPLE-SA-2023-03-27-3 macOS Ventura 13.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20230327 APPLE-SA-2023-03-27-4 macOS Monterey 12.6.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20230327 APPLE-SA-2023-03-27-5 macOS Big Sur 11.7.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-12490 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-0433)Record last updated .