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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-4738 EUVD-2023-54586GHSA-x7vr-7frv-2rrh

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim

Published Sep 2, 2023 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by @huntrdev

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
vim vim/vim unspecified – < 9.0.1848 9.0.1848

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vim 2:9.0.1894-1 —
Debian 13 vim 2:9.0.1894-1 —
Debian 12 vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1 —
Debian 11 vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u2 DLA-4097-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 vim 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4557-1
SLES 15 SP4 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES 15 SP3 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES 15 SP2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES 15 SP1 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
Show 16 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 vim 9.0.1894-17.23.2 SUSE-SU-2023:3942-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP1 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 vim 9.0.1894-17.23.2 SUSE-SU-2023:3942-1
SLE Micro 5.5 vim 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4557-1
SLE Micro 5.4 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE Micro 5.3 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE Micro 5.2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE Micro 5.1 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE HPC 15 SP2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SLE HPC 15 SP1 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed vim 9.0.1894-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13226-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 vim 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2023:4557-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 vim 9.0.1894-150000.5.54.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 vim 9.0.1888-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 vim 9.0.2073-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 xxd +6 2:9.0.1882-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-360
Amazon Linux 2 xxd +6 2:9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2023-2266

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) vim 9.0.1897-1 —

Advisories 10

References