High severity · published Sep 4, 2023
CVE-2023-4733
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 14.1 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD
NE
Neovim · Neovim
0.7.0 before 0.9.2 · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
before 9.0.1840 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4733
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4733
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304bc4f738c21e909ad9fcf3974c
Exploit
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-8004-b35b61590217
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I56ITJAFMFAQ2G3BMGTCGM3GS62V2DTR/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITRVK4FB74RZDIGTZJXOZMUW6X6F4TNF/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFE3LDFRZ7EGWA5AU7YHYL62ELBOFZWQ/
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