NULL pointer dereference in Vim - CVE-2022-2208

Vulnerability identifier: #VU64708

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2208

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in diff.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Vim
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux 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 Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
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-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-enhanced
vim-filesystem
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-minimal
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim
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

Install update from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.5163
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 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
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 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
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), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.16, 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-enhanced - update to 8.2-42
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-42
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-42
vim-common - update to 8.2-42
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-42
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-42
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-42
vim - update to 8.2-42
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

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cd38bb4d83c942c4bad596835c6766cbf32e5195
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/7bfe3d5b-568f-4c34-908f-a39909638cc1

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• SUSE update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail
• SUSE update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail Appliance components
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC SRM and Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
• Fedora 36 update for vim
• Fedora 35 update for vim