Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-48231
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
LOW Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/