Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1621

Vulnerability identifier: #VU63041

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-2022-1621

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a 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.

Vim
IBM Qradar SIEM
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Oracle Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
macOS
Migration Toolkit for Containers
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
OpenShift Logging
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Red Hat OpenStack
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
OpenShift Virtualization
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim
vim (Red Hat package)
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4919
Migration Toolkit for Containers - update to 1.7.3
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - update to 2.5.1
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 3.71
OpenShift Logging - addressed in versions 5.2.13, 5.3.10, 5.4.3
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.1.1
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.6.0
OpenShift Virtualization - update to 4.11.0
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.11.0
IBM Qradar SIEM - addressed in versions 7.4.3 Fix Pack 8, 7.5.0 Update Pack 4
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm6, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.9, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.8, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.9, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.1
vim-X11 - update to 8.0.1763-19.0.1
vim-common - update to 8.0.1763-19.0.1
vim-enhanced - update to 8.0.1763-19.0.1
vim-minimal - update to 8.0.1763-19.0.1
vim-filesystem - update to 8.0.1763-19.0.1
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-27
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-27
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-27
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-27
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-27
vim-common - update to 8.2-27
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-27
vim - update to 8.2-27
vim (Red Hat package) - update to 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2
vim - update to 8.2.4927-1.fc34
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.5172-1.1, 9.0.1160-1.1
app-editors/vim-core - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
macOS - update to 13.0 22A380
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 16.2.z

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/520ce714-bfd2-4646-9458-f52cd22bb2fb
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7c824682d2028432ee082703ef0ab399867a089b

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.5
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Logging 5.4
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenStack 16.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC)
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Openshift Logging 5.3
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Openshift Logging 5.2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.11
• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenShift Virtualization
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IIBM QRadar SIEM
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• Heap-based buffer overflow in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
• openEuler update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Fedora 34 update for vim
• Anolis OS update for vim