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CVE-2022-2571

Publication date 1 August 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0101.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 22.10 kinetic
Fixed 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


rodrigo-zaiden

in versions prior than focal, the suspected code can be found in src/edit.c. A more careful analysis would be needed to determine if those versions are vulnerable.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
vim

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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