CVE-2023-1264 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1392.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

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
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Vim	Vim

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7ac5023a5f1a37baafbe1043645f97ba3443d9f6
https://huntr.dev/bounties/b2989095-88f3-413a-9a39-c1c58a6e6815
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-2023-1264
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1264

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T14:38:42.887Z

Reserved: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1264

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:40:59.781Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-07T22:15:10.723

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:47.600

Link: CVE-2023-1264

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-1264 - Bugzilla

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