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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-10-27T18:36:23.907Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:37:40.133Z

Reserved: 2023-10-19T20:34:00.948Z

Link: CVE-2023-46246

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-27T19:15:41.417

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:09.580

Link: CVE-2023-46246

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-10-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-46246 - Bugzilla