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HistoryMar 24, 2023 - 3:37 p.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2023-03-2415:37:58
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
20
vim
dos attacks
null pointer dereference
utfc_ptr2len
mbyte.c
denial of service

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

33.6%

vim is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in vim’s utfc_ptr2len() function in the mbyte.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an issue that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.

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