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HistoryAug 22, 2023 - 12:58 p.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2023-08-2212:58:31
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
6
vim
denial of service
vulnerability
null pointer
local attacker

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

vim is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file due to a null pointer dereference in the ex_buffer_all function.

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%