CVE-2022-1620

Publication date 8 May 2022

Last updated 26 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
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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