Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-2598

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66633

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-2022-2598

CWE-ID: CWE-122

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 boundary error within the diff_write_buffer() function in diff.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.

Vim
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Amazon Linux AMI
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
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim
vim-debugsource
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-filesystem
gvim-debuginfo
vim-data
gvim
vim-data-common
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
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 9.0.0100
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm4, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-49
vim - update to 8.2-49
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-49
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-49
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-49
vim-common - update to 8.2-49
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-49
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-49
vim-debugsource - 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
gvim-debuginfo - 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
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1
vim-small - update to 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 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
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.401, 8.0.000
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e677b9c40ccbc5f090971b31dc2fe07bf05541d
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/2f08363a-47a2-422d-a7de-ce96a89ad08e

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• 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
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC SRM and Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• Ubuntu update for vim
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim