CVE-2023-48234

Summary

CVE-2023-48234 is a vulnerability affecting the open source command line text editor, Vim. This issue arises when processing large counts for a normal mode z command, leading to an overflow condition. The impact is deemed low, requiring user interaction and not resulting in a consistent crash. The issue has been rectified in commit `58f9befca1`, which is part of Vim release version 9.0.2109. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to mitigate this vulnerability, as there are no known workarounds.

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