CVE-2023-46246

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.37% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedphoenix_contact_psirt
Update to the latest 2024.0.6 LTS Firmware Release. PHOENIX CONTACT recommends to always use an up-to-date version of the PLCnext Engineer.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.14mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 1.4

v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · Phoenix Contact PSIRT DE

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-190USprimaryCWE-416USprimaryCWE-190USCWE-416US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v7
Xerox FreeFlow Print Server v9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:xerox:freeflow_print_server:v9
vim vim≤ ≤ 9.0.2067enisa_euvdEU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 3.1fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.9fstec_bduRU
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» РОСА ХРОМ≤ 12.4fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения vim≤ 9.0.2068fstec_bduRU
vim vim< 9.0.2068nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Firmware 2024.0.3 LTS installed on EPC 1502all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 2024.0.3 LTS installed on EPC 1522all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 2024.0.6 LTS installed on AXC F 1152all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 2024.0.6 LTS installed on AXC F 2152all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 2024.0.6 LTS installed on AXC F 3152all versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE
Firmware 2024.0.6 LTS installed on BPC 9102Sall versionsfixedphoenix_contact_psirtDE

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

VDE-2024-073Phoenix Contact: Multiple Vulnerabilities in PLCnext Firmware2024-12-09csaf · phoenix_contact_psirtDE
Multiple Linux component vulnerabilities fixed in latest PLCnext Firmware release 2024.0.6 LTS
WID-SEC-W-2023-2757vim: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-10-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in vim ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd phoenix_contact_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-27modified 2026-06-23

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references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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