OESA-2023-1796

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    OESA-2023-1796

    Published: 10 Nov 2023Last Modified: 18 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-46246

    Summary: vim security update

    Details: Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Security Fix(es): 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. (CVE-2023-46246)

    References: https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1796, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46246

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:rpm/openEuler/vim&distro=openEuler-20.03-LTS-SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.0-20.oe1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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