Is CVE-2023-46246 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-46246 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-46246?

CVE-2023-46246 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-46246?

CVE-2023-46246 has an EPSS score of 0.37% (29th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46246?

Upgrade vim on debian 13 to 2:9.0.2087-1 or later. Fixes are available for 9 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-46246

MEDIUM

4.0

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-190Integer Overflow CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

vimDebian

Fixed in:2:9.0.2087-1CVE-2023-46246

vimUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

vim-athenaUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

vim-gtkUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

vim-gtk3Ubuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

vim-noxUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

vim-tinyUbuntu

Fixed in:2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm22USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

xxdUbuntu

Fixed in:2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm7USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3USN-6557-1

Fixed in:2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2USN-6557-1

VimWindows application

Affected:9.0.2068Fixed in:9.0.2068Bram Moolenaar et al.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

29thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 29% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

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