CVE-2023-48231
Use-After-Free in win_close() in vim
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.9.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-8g46-v9ff-c765 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/25aabc2b8ee1e19ced6f4da9d866cf9378fc4c5a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0008/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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