CVE-2023-4752
Use After Free in vim/vim
02 Description
Use After Free in vim/vim
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-09-04 13:46Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 20:36Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- @huntrdev
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 94ebeb2621ccee2b4cd33204bde1c967a3f5c18c23a6e14763a55e0f91a2be7d
05 Affected products
06 References
- huntr.devhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/85f62dd7-ed84-4fa2-b265-8a369a318757
- github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ee9166eb3b41846661a39b662dc7ebe8b5e15139
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITRVK4FB74RZDIGTZJXOZMUW6X6F4TNF/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFE3LDFRZ7EGWA5AU7YHYL62ELBOFZWQ/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I56ITJAFMFAQ2G3BMGTCGM3GS62V2DTR/
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00035.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9
- vim-X11 Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-common Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-enhanced Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-filesystem Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-minimal Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- vim-X11 Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-common Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-enhanced Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-filesystem Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
- vim-minimal Fixed in 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 2:9.0.1894-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 2:9.0.1894-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- vim Fixed in 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.