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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-04 13:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:17
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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
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vim vim/vim Affected: unspecified , < 9.0.1840 (custom)
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