VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-4733
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- neovim/neovim · vim/vim · fedoraproject/fedora · apple/macos
- Source
- security@huntr.dev
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304bc4f738c21e909ad9fcf3974cPatch
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-8004-b35b61590217Exploit, Patch, Third 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
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e1dc9a627536304bc4f738c21e909ad9fcf3974cPatch
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ce1fd8c-050a-4373-8004-b35b61590217Exploit, Patch, Third 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
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.