CVE-2023-48231

Publication date 16 November 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

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	Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15

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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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6557-1
Vim vulnerabilities
14 December 2023