Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2022-1381

 

Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2022-1381

Published: May 11, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63045
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-2022-1381
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
Fedora
macOS
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
vim
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-data
vim-data-common
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim-core

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1381

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4763
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4701-1.fc34, 8.2.4701-1.fc35, 8.2.4701-1.fc36, 8.2.4804-1.fc34, 8.2.4804-1.fc35, 8.2.4804-1.fc36
gvim-debuginfo - 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
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-small - 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-debugsource - 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 - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
app-editors/vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim-core - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
macOS - update to 13.0 22A380
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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