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CVE-2022-2124

Published: 19 June 2022

Buffer Over-read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

Notes

AuthorNote
ccdm94
in focal and earlier file to be patched is src/search.c instead of
src/textobject.c. In focal and earlier, POC causes vim process to
hang, and valgrind output does not include the out-of-bounds access.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Ignored
(end of life)
upstream
Released (8.2.5120)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1)
bionic
Released (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12)
focal
Released (2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13)
jammy
Released (2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2f074f4685897ab7212e25931eeeb0212292829f

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