CVE-2023-2610
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-2610 is an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability discovered in GitHub repository vim/vim affecting versions prior to 9.0.1532. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 9, 2023, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) issue. It has a CVSS vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that it requires local access and user interaction to exploit, but can potentially lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can potentially lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS). Red Hat has noted that there's no known confidentiality or integrity impact as the attacked vim process would crash due to resource starvation (Red Hat).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in vim version 9.0.1532. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later. Multiple operating system vendors have released patches, including Apple in macOS updates, Debian in security updates, and Fedora in package updates (Apple Security, Debian Security, Fedora Update).

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