CVE-2023-48231

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.67% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

38 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedphoenix_contact_psirt
Update to the latest 2024.0.6 LTS Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.3 · impact 2.5

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USCWE-416USCWE-416US

affected products (38)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Dell NetWorker virtualall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:virtual
EMC Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:emc:avamar:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_vmware_vsphere
Open Source vim <9.0.2112all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v7
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v9
Open Source vim< 9.0.2112cert_bundDE
vim vim≤ < 9.0.2106enisa_euvdEU
АО «ИВК» АЛЬТ СП 10all versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 3.1fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.9fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения vim≤ 9.0.2106fstec_bduRU
fedoraproject fedora= 37nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 38nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

VDE-2024-073Phoenix Contact: Multiple Vulnerabilities in PLCnext Firmware2024-12-09csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE
Multiple Linux component vulnerabilities fixed in latest PLCnext Firmware release 2024.0.6 LTS
WID-SEC-W-2023-2962vim: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd phoenix_contact_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-16modified 2026-06-23

references (19)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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