CVE-2022-1619

Published: 8 May 2022

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4899. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, modify memory, and possible remote execution

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
vim Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9)
	focal	Released (2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8)
	impish	Ignored (end of life)
	jammy	Released (2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1)
	trusty	Released (2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	upstream	Released (8.2.4899)
	xenial	Released (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ef02f16609ff0a26ffc6e20263523424980898fe

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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