CVE-2023-5535

Publication date 11 October 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to v9.0.2010.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6452-1
Vim vulnerabilities
25 October 2023

Other references