Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0213

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU60768

Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0213

Published: February 22, 2022 / Updated: February 22, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60768
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0213
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing files. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell Data Protection Central
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-enhanced
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-common
vim
vim-minimal
vim-X11
vim-filesystem
vim-data-common
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0213

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4074
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm5, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.9.41, 2.10.43, 3.0.8
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-16
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-16
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-16
vim-common - update to 8.2-16
vim - update to 8.2-16
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-16
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-16
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-16
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4198-1.fc34, 8.2.4198-1.fc35, 8.2.4232-1.fc34, 8.2.4232-1.fc35
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small - update to 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.0060
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

External References

Related Security Bulletins