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CVE-2022-0318

Published: 21 January 2022

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
the patch for CVE-2022-0318 causes one of the utf8 tests to
start failing, which in turn causes build failures as well.
Commit fc6ccebea66 addresses this issue and updates the test.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13)
focal
Released (2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy
Released (2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3)
trusty Ignored
(changes too intrusive)
upstream
Released (8.2.4151)
xenial
Released (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm4)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/57df9e8a9f9ae1aafdde9b86b10ad907627a87dc
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fc6ccebea668c49e9e617e0657421b6a8ed9df1e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H