🛡️ CVE-2023-48236 on Alpine 3.18 (Root.io) — rootio-vim

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-48236 as tracked by Alpine 3.18 (Root.io), for the package rootio-vim. The fix is available in version 9.0.2073-r00073; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-48236 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-48236 is recorded against 1 package.

• rootio-vim (fixed in 9.0.2073-r00073)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 March 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-48236 on other distributions

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