CVE-2023-5441 NULL Pointer Dereference in vim/vim

What is CVE-2023-5441?

CVE-2023-5441 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5441?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Vim Vim.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5441?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-5441 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5441 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-31112, BELL-CVE-2023-5441, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5441, ECHO-5505-9702-2dc8, GHSA-hm59-7v8h-g63p, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5441.