Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim-common package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-VIMCOMMON-6038785
- published 30 Oct 2023
- disclosed 27 Oct 2023
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 vim-common.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46246
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9198c1f2b1ddecde22af918541e0de2a32f0f45a
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-q22m-h7m2-9mgm
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0006/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNMFS3IH74KEMMESOA3EOB6MZ56TWGFF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVA7K73WHQH4KVFDJQ7ELIUD2WK5ZT5E/