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CVE-2023-4733

Use After Free in vim/vim

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.

Use After Free en el repositorio de GitHub vim/vim anterior a 9.0.1840.

This update for vim fixes the following issues. Fixed use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos. Fixed segmentation fault in function f_fullcommand. Fixed out of bounds write in ops.c. Fixed heap buffer overflow in vim_regsub_both. Fixed heap use-after-free in function ins_compl_get_exp. Fixed heap buffer overflow in function vim_regsub_both .

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-09-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-09-04 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
  • 2025-02-13 First Exploit
  • 2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vim
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Vim
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< 9.0.1840
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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37
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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38
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Affected
Fedoraproject
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Fedora
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39
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Affected
Apple
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Macos
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< 14.1
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Affected