7.8

CVE-2023-2609: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2609DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2609openSUSE-SU-2024:12934-1
Published 09-05-2023Last modified 23-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2609 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.47%
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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2023:2640-1SUSE-SU-2023:3463-1SUSE-SU-2023:3497-1USN-6154-1

Timeline

  1. 09-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

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
Debian1 product
  • vimAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:9.0.1658-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • vim&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 9.0.1538-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • vim< 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm10 | < 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm18 | < 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm1 | < 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.15 | < 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.8

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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