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CVE-2023-5441: NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960.
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 37, 38, 39
- vim/vim: before 9.0.1994 — fixed in 9.0.1994
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: vim/vim 9.0.1994. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/b54cbdf5-3e85-458d-bb38-9ea2c0b669f2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VDDWD25AZIHBAA44HQT75OWLQ5UMDKU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGTVLUV7UCXXCZAIQIUCLG6JXAVYT3HE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPT7NMYJRLBPIALGSE24UWTY6F774GZW/
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/b54cbdf5-3e85-458d-bb38-9ea2c0b669f2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VDDWD25AZIHBAA44HQT75OWLQ5UMDKU3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VGTVLUV7UCXXCZAIQIUCLG6JXAVYT3HE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPT7NMYJRLBPIALGSE24UWTY6F774GZW/
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