CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-48231
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.9 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
Vim is an open source command line text editor. When closing a window, vim may try to access already freed window structure. Exploitation beyond crashing the application has not been shown to be viable. This issue has been addressed in commit `25aabc2b` which has been included in release version 9.0.2106. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• vim vim (< 9.0.2106)
• fedoraproject fedora 37
• fedoraproject fedora 38
• fedoraproject fedora 39
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1 Mailing List
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a Patch
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/ Mailing List
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1 Mailing List
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a Patch
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/ Mailing List
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/ Third Party Advisory