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CVE-2022-2175

Published: 23 June 2022

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

Notes

AuthorNote
rodrigo-zaiden
on releases earlier than jammy, the suspected code is in
getcmdline method.
eslerm
6046ade causes regression for certain builds--see comments on commit

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vim
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12)
focal
Released (2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy
Released (2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2:9.0.0135-1ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (8.2.5148)
xenial
Released (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6046aded8da002b08d380db29de2ba0268b6616e
upstream: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6689df024bce4309ec5884e445738fe07ee4ffcc

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