CVE-2023-46246

CVE Information
CVE ID
CVE-2023-46246
Severity
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
Publish Date
2023-10-27
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.

Collection Date
2026-01-13
Impact Summary
Affected Hosts 1
Related Incidents 0
Related Alerts 0
Affected Hosts (1)
Hostname OS Type Severity Total CVEs
in-bridge-40 LINUX CRITICAL 392