Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-1942

Vulnerability identifier: #VU64721

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-2022-1942

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in buffer.c. 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.

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
macOS
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim
vim-debugsource
vim-filesystem
vim-X11
vim-minimal
vim-debuginfo
vim-common
vim-enhanced
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim
vim-motif (Ubuntu package)
cflinuxfs3
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.5043
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5, 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5, 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm10, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5, 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5, 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.360.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 3.0.8
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.13, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.5, 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
vim - update to 8.2-35
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-35
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-35
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-35
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-35
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-35
vim-common - update to 8.2-35
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-35
vim - update to 8.2.5052-1.fc35
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
vim-motif (Ubuntu package) - update to 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
macOS - update to 13.0 22A380

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/67ca4d3b-9175-43c1-925c-72a7091bc071
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/71223e2db87c2bf3b09aecb46266b56cda26191d
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TYNK6SDCMOLQJOI3B4AOE66P2G2IH4ZM/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple macOS Ventura
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry Foundation cflinuxfs3
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Fedora 35 update for vim