CVE-2023-46246 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in VIM

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
VIMDebian VIMMsrc Cbl2 VIM 9.0.2112-1 ON CBL Mariner 2.0
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateDec 14

Description

Vim is an improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Heap-use-after-free in memory allocated in the function `ga_grow_inner` in in the file `src/alloc.c` at line 748, which is freed in the file `src/ex_docmd.c` in the function `do_cmdline` at line 1010 and then used again in `src/cmdhist.c` at line 759. When using the `:history` command, it's possible that the provided argument overflows the accepted value. Causing an Integer Overflow and potentially later an use-after-free. This vulnerabi…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDvim/vim< 9.0.2068
▶debiandebian/vim< vim 2:9.0.2087-1 (forky)
▶Debianvim/vim< 2:9.0.2087-1+1
▶Ubuntuvim/vim< 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21+4
▶CVEListV5vim/vim9.0.2067

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
vim vulnerabilities↗2023-12-14
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OSV
CVE-2023-46246: Vim is an improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi↗2023-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Vim vulnerabilities↗2023-12-14
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Red Hat
vim: Integer Overflow in :history command↗2023-10-27
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Microsoft
Integer Overflow in :history command in Vim↗2023-10-10
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Debian
CVE-2023-46246: vim - Vim is an improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Heap-use-after-free i...↗2023
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