Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1616

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1616

Published: May 11, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63042
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-2022-1616
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. 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.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1616

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4895
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
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
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-minimal - update to 8.2-26
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-26
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-26
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-26
vim-common - update to 8.2-26
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-26
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-26
vim - update to 8.2-26
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4927-1.fc34, 8.2.4927-1.fc35, 8.2.4927-1.fc36
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
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
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/gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
macOS - update to 13.0 22A380
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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