CVE-2022-1620

Published: 8 May 2022

NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

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)
	upstream	Released (8.2.4901)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/8e4b76da1d7e987d43ca960dfbc372d1c617466f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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