CVE-2023-4752

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—

7.8

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858.

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: 7.8(medium)
EPSS: 22.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

September 4, 2023

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (17)

security@huntrhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
security@huntrhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ee9166eb3b41846661a39b662dc7ebe8b5e15139
security@huntrhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/85f62dd7-ed84-4fa2-b265-8a369a318757
security@huntrhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00035.html
security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I56ITJAFMFAQ2G3BMGTCGM3GS62V2DTR/
security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITRVK4FB74RZDIGTZJXOZMUW6X6F4TNF/
security@huntrhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFE3LDFRZ7EGWA5AU7YHYL62ELBOFZWQ/
security@huntrhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213984
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/24
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ee9166eb3b41846661a39b662dc7ebe8b5e15139
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://huntr.dev/bounties/85f62dd7-ed84-4fa2-b265-8a369a318757
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00035.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00023.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I56ITJAFMFAQ2G3BMGTCGM3GS62V2DTR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITRVK4FB74RZDIGTZJXOZMUW6X6F4TNF/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-4752(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

RHSA-2025:8385
Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: A Subscription Management tool for finding and reporting Red Hat product usage

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	xxd (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm6) @ bionic	2026-05-24	ubuntu
redhat	discovery/discovery-ui-rhel9:sha256:492e412759cf0eedfa5b557f7b0865f8864f84d0ed75e11dc8d7a840837d9644	2025-06-02	redhat
redhat	vim-2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6	2025-05-13	redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-416Use After Free

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-24 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-24 18:12 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-24 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-4752?

CVE-2023-4752 is a high vulnerability published on September 4, 2023. Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858.

When was CVE-2023-4752 disclosed?

CVE-2023-4752 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 4, 2023, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-4752 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-4752 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 22.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-4752?

CVE-2023-4752 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-4752?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-4752, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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