8.4

CVE-2023-1355: vim NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 8.4v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2023-1355DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1355CGA-96q2-p3p5-x3gj
Published 11-03-2023Last modified 27-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1355 is a high (CVSS 8.4) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
44/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2023:2103-1SUSE-SU-2023:3463-1CGA-G828-Q463-WVWMCGA-R22W-3X58-RC66

Timeline

  1. 11-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1402.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (huntr.dev)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vim2 products
Alpine1 product
  • vim< 9.0.1395-r0
Chainguard1 product
  • vim< 9.0.1402-r0
Debian1 product
  • vimAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:9.0.1658-1
Opensuse1 product
  • vim&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 9.0.1430-1.1
Wolfi1 product
  • vim< 9.0.1402-r0

6 vendors · 7 products

References

8 links