CVE-2023-46246

Name
CVE-2023-46246
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 vulnerability has been patched in version 9.0.2068.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-q22m-h7m2-9mgm
MISC https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9198c1f2b1ddecde22af918541e0de2a32f0f45a
security-advisories@github.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0006/
security-advisories@github.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNMFS3IH74KEMMESOA3EOB6MZ56TWGFF/
security-advisories@github.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVA7K73WHQH4KVFDJQ7ELIUD2WK5ZT5E/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* vim >= None < 9.0.2068

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
vim 3.17-main 9.0.0999-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
vim 3.15-main 8.2.4836-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
vim 3.16-main 8.2.5000-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable