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Medium severity · published Sep 2, 2024
CVE-2024-45306
heap-buffer-overflow in Vim
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Patch v9.1.0038 optimized how the cursor position is calculated and removed a loop, that verified that the cursor position always points inside a line and does not become invalid by pointing beyond the end of a line. Back then we assumed this loop is unnecessary. However, this change made it possible that the cursor position stays invalid and points beyond the end of a line, which would eventually cause a heap-buffer-overflow when trying to access the line pointer at the specified cursor position. It's not quite clear yet, what can lead to this situation that the cursor points to an invalid position. That's why patch v9.1.0707 does not include a test case. The only observed impact has been a program crash. This issue has been addressed in with the patch v9.1.0707. All users are advised to upgrade.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vim · vim
>= 9.1.0038, < 9.1.0707 · source: vendor, NVD
Affected product
VI
vim
vim
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45306
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45306
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/396fd1ec2956307755392a1
Release Notes
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.0038
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wxf9-c5gx-qrwr
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0007/
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