Bug 2237314 (CVE-2023-4750) - CVE-2023-4750 vim: use-after-free in function bt_quickfix
Summary: CVE-2023-4750 vim: use-after-free in function bt_quickfix
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-4750
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2237435
Blocks: 2237310
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-09-04 18:17 UTC by Patrick Del Bello
Modified: 2023-09-05 14:03 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: vim 9.0.1857
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A flaw was found in Vim, where it is vulnerable to a use-after-free in the bt_quickfix function. This flaw allows a specially crafted file to crash software, use unexpected values, or possibly execute code when opened in Vim.
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Description Patrick Del Bello 2023-09-04 18:17:59 UTC 
Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1857.

https://huntr.dev/bounties/1ab3ebdf-fe7d-4436-b483-9a586e03b0ea
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fc68299d436cf87453e432daa77b6d545df4d7ed
Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-05 05:02:19 UTC 
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Low security impact, because the "victim" has to run an untrusted file IN SCRIPT MODE. Someone who is running untrusted files in script mode is equivalent to someone just taking a random python script and running it.
Comment 3 Marian Rehak 2023-09-05 14:00:23 UTC 
Created vim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2237435]
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