cve-2023-48706
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-22 22:03
Modified
2025-02-13 17:18
Severity ?
3.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Summary
Vim is a UNIX editor that, prior to version 9.0.2121, has a heap-use-after-free vulnerability. When executing a `:s` command for the very first time and using a sub-replace-special atom inside the substitution part, it is possible that the recursive `:s` call causes free-ing of memory which may later then be accessed by the initial `:s` command. The user must intentionally execute the payload and the whole process is a bit tricky to do since it seems to work only reliably for the very first :s command. It may also cause a crash of Vim. Version 9.0.2121 contains a fix for this issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/22/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/gandalf4a/crash_report/blob/main/vim/vim_huafExploit
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/26c11c56888d01e298cd8044caf860f3c26f57bbPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/pull/13552Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-c8qm-x72m-q53qExploit, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNMFS3IH74KEMMESOA3EOB6MZ56TWGFF/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVA7K73WHQH4KVFDJQ7ELIUD2WK5ZT5E/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0001/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/22/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/gandalf4a/crash_report/blob/main/vim/vim_huafExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/26c11c56888d01e298cd8044caf860f3c26f57bbPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/13552Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-c8qm-x72m-q53qExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNMFS3IH74KEMMESOA3EOB6MZ56TWGFF/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVA7K73WHQH4KVFDJQ7ELIUD2WK5ZT5E/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240105-0001/
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