CVE-2023-48231

Public on 2023-11-16
Modified on 2024-01-12
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.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2024-01-09 ALAS-2024-1902
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2023-12-04 ALAS2-2023-2353
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-12-14 ALAS2023-2023-447

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L