Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-3016

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66860

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-2022-3016

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 get_next_valid_entry() 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 Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
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-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package)
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
vim
vim-enhanced
vim-X11
vim-debugsource
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-data-common
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-data
vim-gvim
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim
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 9.0.0286
vim-tiny (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
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-gtk (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 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-runtime (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 3.0.15
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - 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-minimal - update to 8.2-54
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-54
vim - update to 8.2-54
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-54
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-54
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-54
vim-common - update to 8.2-54
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-54
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.0.0313-150000.5.25.1
vim-small - 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
vim-debugsource - 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-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
vim-gvim - update to 9.0.0334
vim - update to 9.0.0334
vim - update to 9.0.412-1.fc37
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/gvim - 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://huntr.dev/bounties/260516c2-5c4a-4b7f-a01c-04b1aeeea371
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6d24a51b94beb1991cddce221f90b455e2d50db7

• Remote code execution in Vim
• Slackware Linux update for 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 Oracle Solaris
• 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
• 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 37 update for vim