Out-of-bounds read in Vim - CVE-2022-2257

Vulnerability identifier: #VU65415

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2257

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in msg_outtrans_special() function at message.c:1716. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager 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 Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
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-X11
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-enhanced
vim-debugsource
vim
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-data
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0009
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-X11 - update to 8.2-46
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-46
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-46
vim-common - update to 8.2-46
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-46
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-46
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-46
vim - update to 8.2-46
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.049-1.fc35, 9.0.049-1.fc36
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
vim - 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
gvim-debuginfo - 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
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.475-1.1, 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/083692d598139228e101b8c521aaef7bcf256e9a
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/ca581f80-03ba-472a-b820-78f7fd05fe89
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXPO5EHDV6J4B27E65DOQGZFELUFPRSK/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• SUSE update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI 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