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Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2023 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2023-5535Use After Free in vim/vim

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free 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 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to v9.0.2010.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20vim9.0.2073-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5535
Alpine:v3.21vim9.0.2073-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5535
Alpine:v3.22vim9.0.2073-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5535
Alpine:v3.23vim9.0.2073-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5535
Alpine:v3.24vim9.0.2073-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5535
Debian:12vimno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5535
Debian:13vim2:9.0.2018-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5535
Debian:14vim2:9.0.2018-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5535
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5535
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13USN-6452-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before v9.0.2010

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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