CVE-2024-45306

4.5 · MEDIUM

Published Sep 2, 2024 vim CWE-122 EPSS 0.30% (22th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Overview

CVE-2024-45306 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting vim vim. It was published on September 2, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical 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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from vim. Update vim to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
vim	vim	>= 9.1.0038, < 9.1.0707	Affected

References

GitHub github.com/vim/vim/commit/396fd1ec2956307755392a1 GitHub github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.0038 GitHub github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wxf9-c5gx-qrwr Ref security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0007/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-45306?

CVE-2024-45306 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting vim vim. It was published on September 2, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-45306?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-45306?

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