Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-2982

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66787

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2982

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the qf_fill_buffer() function in quickfix.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable 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 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 Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
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-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-data-common
vim-data
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
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 9.0.0260
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
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
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 - update to 7.0.411
vim - update to 9.0.412-1.fc37
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.0.0814-17.9.1, 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim-small - update to 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.0.0814-150000.5.28.1
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.1157
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1160-1.1, 9.0.1403-1.76
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d6c67629ed05aae436164eec474832daf8ba7420
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/53f53d9a-ba8a-4985-b7ba-23efbe6833be

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Gentoo update for Vim, gVim
• 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
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 
• Fedora 37 update for vim