What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-2609: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-05-09 · updated 2026-06-23
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 37
- vim/vim: before 9.0.1531 — fixed in 9.0.1531
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.1531. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d1ae8366aff286d41e7f5bc513cc0a1af5130aad
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1679be5a-565f-4a44-a430-836412a0b622
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCLJN4QINITA3ZASKLEJ64C5TFNKELMO/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d1ae8366aff286d41e7f5bc513cc0a1af5130aad
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/1679be5a-565f-4a44-a430-836412a0b622
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCLJN4QINITA3ZASKLEJ64C5TFNKELMO/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
Get alerted when CVE-2023-2609 or the next vulnerability affects your stack