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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-46246: Security patch for vim (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Nov 16, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-commonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-dataamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-enhancedamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-filesystemamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-minimalamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-x11amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xxd
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