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Fencer Vulns
low 3.9

CVE-2023-48231 json

Use-After-Free in win_close() in vim

published 2023-11-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-23 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-52303

cvss
3.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • vim vim 9.0.2106
  • vim Debian 14, Debian 13 2:9.0.2116-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-48231

  • vim Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
  • vim Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
  • vim Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-48231

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +1 more 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
  • vim SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +16 more 9.1.0111-150000.5.60.1
  • vim SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 9.1.0111-17.29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1287-1SUSE-SU-2024:0871-1SUSE-SU-2024:0783-1

  • vim Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 9.0.2112-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-48231

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • vim CBL-Mariner 2.0 9.0.2112-1

azure linux advisories AZL-32025

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-48231 updated cvss 4.3

vim: use after free in win_close()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 vim, vim-X11, vim-common, vim-minimal, vim-enhanced, vim-filesystem
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
    under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • vim vim

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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