VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5344
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1969.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.27%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1969.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.27% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Affected
- vim/vim · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security@huntr.dev
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3bd7fa12e146c6051490d048a4acbfba974eeb04Patch
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/530cb762-899e-48d7-b50e-dad09eb775bfExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4W665GQBN6S6ZDMYWVF4X7KMFI7AQKJL/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPT7NMYJRLBPIALGSE24UWTY6F774GZW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOXBUJLJ5VSPN3YXWN7XZA4JDYKNE7GZ/Mailing List
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/9
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3bd7fa12e146c6051490d048a4acbfba974eeb04Patch
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/530cb762-899e-48d7-b50e-dad09eb775bfExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4W665GQBN6S6ZDMYWVF4X7KMFI7AQKJL/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPT7NMYJRLBPIALGSE24UWTY6F774GZW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZOXBUJLJ5VSPN3YXWN7XZA4JDYKNE7GZ/Mailing List
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214036
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214037
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214038
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.