CVE-2023-0433

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.0.1225

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the Vim text editor, specifically affecting functions such as same leader() and utfc ptr2len(). This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.1225, update to version 9.0.1225 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the affected functions same leader() and utfc ptr2len() until a patch is applied.