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CVE-2022-0685

Published: 20 February 2022

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4418.

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
for bionic and earlier, the vulnerable function is found in file
src/misc1.c instead of src/filepath.c.

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 (8.2.4418)
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/5921aeb5741fc6e84c870d68c7c35b93ad0c9f87

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