Use After Free Affecting vim-common package, versions <2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-VIMCOMMON-12419979
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2023

Introduced: 4 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 vim-common to version 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:7440.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1