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CVE-2023-48706

Vim has heap-use-after-free at /src/charset.c:1770:12 in skipwhite

Published: 11/22/2023 Last updated: 2/13/2025 Reserved: 11/17/2023

Vim is a UNIX editor that, prior to version 9.0.2121, has a heap-use-after-free vulnerability. When executing a `:s` command for the very first time and using a sub-replace-special atom inside the substitution part, it is possible that the recursive `:s` call causes free-ing of memory which may later then be accessed by the initial `:s` command. The user must intentionally execute the payload and the whole process is a bit tricky to do since it seems to work only reliably for the very first :s command. It may also cause a crash of Vim. Version 9.0.2121 contains a fix for this issue.

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

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 3.6 Low CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Opam packages affected (1)

conf-vim

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
vim vim Kernel-3.10

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