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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:12:49 +0100
From: Christian Brabandt <cb@...bit.org>
To: oss-sec <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: [vim-security] use-after-free in ex_substitute in Vim < v9.0.2121

CVE-2023-48706: Use-After-Free in ex_substitute()
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Date: 22.11.2023
Severity: Low

When executing a :s command for the very first time and using a 
sub-replace-special atom inside the substitution part, it is possible 
that the recursive :s call causes freeing of memory which may later then 
be accessed by the initial :s command.

Impact is low since the user must intentionally execute the payload and
the whole process is a bit tricky to do (since it seems to work only
reliably for the very first :s command). It may also cause a crash of 
Vim.

The Vim project would like to thank github user gandalf4a for reporting 
this issue which is now fixed in Vim patch 9.0.2121.

URLs: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/26c11c56888d01e298cd8044caf8
      https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-c8qm-x72m-q53q

Thanks,
Christian
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