Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2023-4750

Vulnerability identifier: #VU80505

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4 BT: 1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4750

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the is_qf_win() function in quickfix.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
macOS
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
Fedora
Oracle Solaris
Dell Data Protection Central
PowerProtect DP Series Appliance (IDPA)
ObjectScale
PowerStore X
EMC ECS
PowerStore T
Storage Resource Manager
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Redis for Pivotal Platform
Voice Gateway
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-enhanced
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-debugsource
vim-gvim
vim-doc
vim-data
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-data-common
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.1857
Voice Gateway - update to 1.0.8.12
macOS - update to 14.1 23B74
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
ObjectScale - update to 1.4.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.66, 3.0.19
PowerStore X - update to 3.2.1.4-2386214
EMC ECS - update to 3.8.1.1
PowerStore T - update to 4.0.0.2-2365061
Storage Resource Manager - update to 4.10.0.3
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.10.0.3
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.24.00.14
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-16
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-16
vim - update to 9.0-16
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-16
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-16
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-16
vim-common - update to 9.0-16
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-16
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1712-1.83, 9.0.1882-1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1872-1.fc37, 9.0.1872-1.fc38, 9.0.1872-1.fc39
vim - update to 9.0.1897
vim-gvim - update to 9.0.1897
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-data - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-common - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.1.0111-17.29.1, 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
vim-small - update to 9.1.0111-150500.20.9.1
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 65
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.2.0.2.29

• https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.0.1857
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fc68299d436cf87453e432daa77b6d545df4d7ed
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ab3ebdf-fe7d-4436-b483-9a586e03b0ea

• Denial of service in Vim
• Fedora 39 update for vim
• Fedora 38 update for vim
• Fedora 37 update for vim
• Slackware Linux update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Sonoma
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• Oracle Solaris update for thrid-party components
• SUSE update for vim
• openEuler update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Storage Resource Manager (SRM) and Dell Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ECS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell ObjectScale
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerStore X
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerStore T Family
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Anolis OS update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Voice Gateway