# CVE-2023-46246: Integer Overflow in :history command in Vim

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-27 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- vim: through 9.0.2067

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vim, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-q22m-h7m2-9mgm
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9198c1f2b1ddecde22af918541e0de2a32f0f45a
- 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/

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