CVE-2023-2426 | Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim/vim

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Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.

Published: 2023-04-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-2426 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2426

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2426

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.01% 0.41% +0.40%
2 2025-11-21 0.12% 0.01% -0.11%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-2426

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.8 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 2.5 3.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-2426

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-2426

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2023-2426: 1 source package rows (vim); 166 state rows across 6 repos (3.17-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 0, open 166. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-2426
debian unimportant CVE-2023-2426 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2426
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2426
suse medium CVE-2023-2426 severity moderate: SUSE including 288 source package names (1.1.1.28.74:vim-data-common-9.0.1632-150500.20.3.1, 1.1.1.28.74:vim-small-9.0.1632-150500.20.3.1, …), 971 product×package rows across 336 product lines (Container ses/7.1/ceph/haproxy, Container suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node, … (336 product lines)): Fixed 810, Known Affected 160, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2426/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-2426 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vim), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2426

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-2426

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim vim < 9.0.1499 cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-2426

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