Out-of-bounds read in Vim - CVE-2022-2581

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66635

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-2022-2581

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the utf_ptr2char() function in regexp.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
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 Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
cflinuxfs3
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-motif (Ubuntu package)
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim
vim-data
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0104
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-gtk3 (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-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
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-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim (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-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
vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
cflinuxfs3 - update to 0.360.0
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.52, 3.0.8
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - 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
vim-motif (Ubuntu package) - update to 2:9.0.0242-1ubuntu1.3
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
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 - 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 - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/0bedbae2-82ae-46ae-aa68-1c28b309b60b
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f50940531dd57135fe60aa393ac9d3281f352d88

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• SUSE update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell VxRail
• Ubuntu update for vim
• 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
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Cloud Foundry Foundation cflinuxfs3
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC SRM and Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Central
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim