Vulnerability · Published Oct 5, 2023 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2023-5441NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

Medium 6.2

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A medium-severity null pointer dereference in vim/vim from vim. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	vim	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5441
Debian:13	vim	2:9.0.2018-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5441
Debian:14	vim	2:9.0.2018-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5441
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	vim	2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13	USN-6452-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	vim	2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13	UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5441

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
vim	vim/vim	unspecified – before 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Affected packages & fixed versions

Affected products (as reported)

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