Stack-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1771

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1771

Published: May 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63488
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1771
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when providing certain input. A remote attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.


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 Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-filesystem
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
vim-data
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1771

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4975
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.3, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.2
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.21, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.15
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-filesystem - update to 8.2-35
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-35
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-35
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-35
vim-common - update to 8.2-35
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-35
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-35
vim - update to 8.2-35
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-common - addressed in versions 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data - 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/vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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