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CVE-2023-4752

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858.

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00074
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

4
vim< 9.0.1858
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
debian linuxall versions
apple macos< 14.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pochuntr.dev · 85f62dd7-ed84-4fa2-b265-8a369a318757huntr.dev
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Microsoft Office Child Process - MacOS
producthighRemote Access Tool - Renamed MeshAgent Execution - MacOS
producthighBinary Padding - MacOS
productmediumSuspicious Execution via macOS Script Editor
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
productmediumNew File Exclusion Added To Time Machine Via Tmutil - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@huntr.dev
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD04 Sep 2023 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

7
rhsaRHSA-2025:8385Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:4557-1
usnUSN-6452-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3942-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2023:3955-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ee9166eb3b41846661a39b662dc7ebe8b5e15139Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00035.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I56ITJAFMFAQ2G3BMGTCGM3GS62V2DTR/Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITRVK4FB74RZDIGTZJXOZMUW6X6F4TNF/Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFE3LDFRZ7EGWA5AU7YHYL62ELBOFZWQ/Mailing List
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