CVE-2023-2426

An out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability was found in Vim's mb_charlen() function of the src/mbyte.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering the vulnerability that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact, because the "victim" has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random python script and running it.

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