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CVE-2022-0572

Published: 14 February 2022

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

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
for bionic and earlier, vulnerable code can be found in file
src/ex_cmds.c instead of src/indent.c (does not exist in bionic
and earlier).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

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
Released (2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm9)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (8.2.4359)
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/6e28703a8e41f775f64e442c5d11ce1ff599aa3f

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