Use After Free Affecting vim package, versions <9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-VIM-6436051
  • published14 Mar 2024
  • disclosed13 Mar 2024

Introduced: 13 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-48231  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 vim to version 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1