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CVE-2023-48231

Use-After-Free in win_close() in vim

Published: 11/16/2023 Last updated: 6/23/2026 Reserved: 11/13/2023

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.

CNA assigner: GitHub_M (a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 3.9 Low CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Opam packages affected (1)

conf-vim

Products affected (2)

Product Vendor Version
vim vim EEC-2xx 1.12.13.2
vim vim 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

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