Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2022-2210

 

Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2022-2210

Published: June 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64707
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2210
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 in diff.c. 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 Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux 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 Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
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 EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-common
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-X11
vim-enhanced
vim-debugsource
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
gvim
vim-data
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2210

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.5164
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm11, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.61, 3.0.15
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 7.0.401, 8.0.000
vim-common - update to 8.2-46
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-46
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-46
vim - update to 8.2-46
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-46
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-46
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-46
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-46
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.5172-1.fc35, 8.2.5172-1.fc36
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.5172-1.1, 9.0.1160-1.1
app-editors/gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim-core - addressed in versions 9.0.0060, 9.0.1157
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small - update to 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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