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vim — security advisory
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.
- Products
- vim
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 9.0.2112-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-48231
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-48231
vim
Fixed versions: 9.0.2112-r0
vim
Fixed versions: 9.0.2112-r0
vim
Fixed versions: 9.0.2112-r0
vim
Fixed versions: 9.0.2112-r0
vim
Fixed versions: 9.0.2112-r0
Complete source record
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