Vim < 9.1.0707 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206645

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Synopsis

A text editor installed on the remote Windows host is affected a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the version of Vim installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.1.0707. It is, therefore affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. Patch v9.1.0038 optimized how the cursor position is calculated and in doing so introduced the possibility for heap-buffer-overflow when trying to access the line pointer under specific conditions, leading to observed program crashes and other potential vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Vim version 9.1.0707 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206645

File Name: vim_9_1_0707.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 10/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45306

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vim:vim

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Vim

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45306

IAVA: 2024-A-0536-S

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