CVE-2023-1175 - OpenCVE

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1378.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Vim	Vim

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c99cbf8f289bdda5d4a77d7ec415850a520330ba
https://huntr.dev/bounties/7e93fc17-92eb-4ae7-b01a-93bb460b643e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00015.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIAKPMKJ4OZ6NYRZJO7YWMNQL2BICLYV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IE44W6WMMREYCW3GJHPSYP7NK2VT5NY6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X4KDAU76Z7QNSPKZX2JAJ6O7KIEOXWTL/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1175
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1175

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:35:17.121Z

Reserved: 2023-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1175

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:35:17.121Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-04T16:15:09.533

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:15:55.790

Link: CVE-2023-1175

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1175 - Bugzilla

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