CVE-2023-48231

Publication date 16 November 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 23.10 mantic
Fixed 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
23.04 lunar
Fixed 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L