Use After Free Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.0.2106)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-6068911
  • published17 Nov 2023
  • disclosed16 Nov 2023
  • creditFabian Toepfer

Introduced: 16 Nov 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.0.2106 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. When closing a window, the system may attempt to access an already freed window structure. An attacker can cause the application to crash by exploiting this issue.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the attacker has local access and manages to execute some payload without the user noticing.

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