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High USN-6452-1 10 CVEs

vim vulnerabilities

Published Oct 25, 2023 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Vim could be made to divide by zero. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3896)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750)

It was discovered that Vim contained an arithmetic overflow. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.
(CVE-2023-4734)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-5344)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu
23.10. (CVE-2023-4738)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu
16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-4751)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04
LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-5535)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4781)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to dereference invalid memory. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-5441)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm20
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6

Vulnerabilities 10

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3896
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4733
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4734
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4735
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4738
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4750
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4751
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4752
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4781
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5344
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5441
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5535