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CVE-2023-2609

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

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

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Fedoraproject — FedoraVIM — VIM

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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