Vulnerability · Published Jan 20, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-47024

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity null pointer dereference in the vim-X11 package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function gui_x11_create_blank_mouse in gui_x11.c in vim 8.1.2269 thru 9.0.0339 allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9vim-X112:8.2.2637-20.el9_1ALSA-2023:0958
AlmaLinux:9vim-common2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1ALSA-2023:0958
AlmaLinux:9vim-enhanced2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1ALSA-2023:0958
AlmaLinux:9vim-filesystem2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1ALSA-2023:0958
AlmaLinux:9vim-minimal2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1ALSA-2023:0958
Alpine:v3.20vim9.0.0999-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024
Alpine:v3.21vim9.0.0999-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024
Alpine:v3.22vim9.0.0999-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024
Alpine:v3.23vim9.0.0999-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024
Alpine:v3.24vim9.0.0999-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024
Debian:12vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47024
Debian:13vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47024
Debian:14vim2:9.0.0626-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-47024
Rocky Linux:9vim2:8.2.2637-20.el9_1RLSA-2023:0958
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4UBUNTU-CVE-2022-47024
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSvim2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.4USN-5963-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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