Use After Free in vim/vim

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-4733
StatePUBLISHED
Assigner@huntrdev
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-04 14:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-06-23 18:17:35 UTC
DescriptionUse After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-416 | CWE-416 CWE-416 Use After Free

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNADECLARED7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 39 All All All
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vim Vim/vim affected unspecified 9.0.1840 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1872-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
About the security content of macOS Sonoma 14.1 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: vim-9.0.1872-1.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
Heap-use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos in vim vulnerability found in vim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 huntr.dev Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
patch 9.0.1840: [security] use-after-free in do_ecmd · vim/vim@e1dc9a6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-10-25-2023-4 macOS Sonoma 14.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1872-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199867 Ubuntu Security Notification for Vim Vulnerabilities (USN-6452-1)
  • 285269 Fedora Security Update for vim (FEDORA-2023-1c2c29a683)
  • 296107 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 65.157.1 Missing (CPUJAN2024)
  • 356351 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS-2023-1837
  • 356389 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2023-2023-360
  • 356392 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2023-2266
  • 356971 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : AL2012-2023-455
  • 378975 Apple MacOS Sonoma 14.1 Not Installed (HT213984)
  • 503545 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 505958 Alpine Linux Security Update for vim
  • 673483 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3198)
  • 673491 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3233)
  • 673558 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3288)
  • 673745 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3320)
  • 673779 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3260)
  • 673841 EulerOS Security Update for vim (EulerOS-SA-2023-3352)
  • 755011 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:3942-1)
  • 755014 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for vim (SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1)
  • 907318 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vim (28657-1)
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