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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.0.2087-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462049

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.0.2087-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-46246

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462049

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46246

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46246

IAVA: 2023-A-0598-S