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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-48231: Low priority package update for vim

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 16, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 4, 2025

Description

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.
A heap use-after-free flaw was found in the vim package. When executing a `:s` command for the first time and using a sub-replace-special atom inside the substitution, it is possible that the recursive `:s` call causes memory to be freed, which may later then be accessed by the initial `:s` command. This issue may result in Vim crashing.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-dataamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-default-editoramazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhancedamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-enhanced-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-filesystemamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimalamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-vim-minimal-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xxdamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xxd-debuginfo
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