Vulnerability-Lookup

ubuntu-cve-2023-4733

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-09-04 14:15

Modified

2025-09-08 16:55

Summary

Details

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4733	REPORT
	https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-800…	REPORT
	https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304…	REPORT
	https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-800…	REPORT
	https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304…	REPORT
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	REPORT
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6452-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4733	REPORT

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CVE-2023-4733 (GCVE-0-2023-4733)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-04 13:47 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:19

Title

Use After Free in vim/vim

Summary

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Assigner

@huntrdev

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-800…
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
vim	vim/vim	Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.1840 (custom)

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usn-6452-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-10-25 16:47

Modified

2026-06-29 10:53

Summary

vim vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Vim could be made to divide by zero. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3896)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750)

It was discovered that Vim contained an arithmetic overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4734)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-5344)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4738)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-5535)

It was discovered that Vim could be made to dereference invalid memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5441)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6452-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3896	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4733	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4734	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4735	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4738	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4750	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4751	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4752	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4781	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5344	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5441	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5535	REPORT

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  "details": "It was discovered that Vim could be made to divide by zero. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-3896)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim contained an arithmetic overflow. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.\n(CVE-2023-4734)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-5344)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.04 and Ubuntu\n23.10. (CVE-2023-4738)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and\nUbuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-4751)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory. An attacker\ncould possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute\narbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04\nLTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-5535)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim could be made to write out of bounds. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-4781)\n\nIt was discovered that Vim could be made to dereference invalid memory. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2023-5441)\n",
  "id": "USN-6452-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:05Z",
  "published": "2023-10-25T16:47:19Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6452-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3896"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4733"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4734"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4735"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4738"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4750"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4751"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4752"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4781"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5344"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5441"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5535"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "vim vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3896",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4733",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4734",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4735",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4738",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4750",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4751",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4752",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4781",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5344",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5441",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5535"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2023-4733

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-4733 (GCVE-0-2023-4733)

usn-6452-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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Sightings

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