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LIN1019-10566 : Security Advisory - vim - CVE-2023-46246

Created: Oct 28, 2023    Updated: Dec 13, 2023
Resolved Date: Dec 13, 2023
Found In Version: 10.19.45.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 19
Component/s: Userspace

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.


CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2023-46246 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46246)

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