CVE-2023-4734 (GCVE-0-2023-4734)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-02 17:42 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Integer Overflow or Wraparound in vim/vim
Summary
Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1846.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-02-15 20:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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