CVE-2023-0512

2023-01-3106:05:20

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vim

adjust_skipcol

divide-by-zero

denial of service

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

47.8%

JSON

A divide-by-zero flaw was found in Vim’s adjust_skipcol() function in the move.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a floating point exception error and causing an application to crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.