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Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2022 · Assigned by @huntrdev

CVE-2022-1619Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in vim/vim

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in vim/vim from vim. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20vim8.2.4969-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-1619
Alpine:v3.21vim8.2.4969-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-1619
Alpine:v3.22vim8.2.4969-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-1619
Alpine:v3.23vim8.2.4969-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-1619
Alpine:v3.24vim8.2.4969-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-1619
Debian:12vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1619
Debian:13vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1619
Debian:14vim2:9.0.0135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1619
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1619
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1USN-5613-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
vim vim/vim unspecified – before 8.2.4899

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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