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CVE-2023-48231

Date: November 16, 2023

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-48231
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-48231
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48231
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-48231

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

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