CVE-2023-48232
LOWVim < 9.0.2107 - Denial of Service via Floating Point Exception in Smooth Scrolling
Title source: llmDescription
Vim is an open source command line text editor. A floating point exception may occur when calculating the line offset for overlong lines and smooth scrolling is enabled and the cpo-settings include the 'n' flag. This may happen when a window border is present and when the wrapped line continues on the next physical line directly in the window border because the 'cpo' setting includes the 'n' flag. Only users with non-default settings are affected and the exception should only result in a crash. This issue has been addressed in commit `cb0b99f0` which has been included in release version 9.0.2107. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0006/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f6cx-x634-hqpw
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cb0b99f0672d8446585d26e998343dceca17d1ce
Scores
CVSS v3
3.9
EPSS
0.0067
EPSS Percentile
46.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora
37
fedoraproject/fedora
38
fedoraproject/fedora
39
vim/vim
< 9.0.2107
Published
Nov 16, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026