vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6557-1 (CVE-2023-46246): Vim vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 27, 2023 | Dec 19, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 27, 2023
Added
Dec 19, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vimubuntu-pro-upgrade-vim-athenaubuntu-pro-upgrade-vim-gtkubuntu-pro-upgrade-vim-gtk3ubuntu-pro-upgrade-vim-noxubuntu-pro-upgrade-vim-tinyubuntu-pro-upgrade-xxdubuntu-upgrade-vimubuntu-upgrade-vim-athenaubuntu-upgrade-vim-gtkubuntu-upgrade-vim-gtk3ubuntu-upgrade-vim-noxubuntu-upgrade-vim-tinyubuntu-upgrade-xxd
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