Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-3099

 

Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-3099

Published: September 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67050
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-2022-3099
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the do_cmdline() function in vim/src/ex_docmd.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.


Affected software

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 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
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-runtime (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-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-filesystem
vim
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-minimal
vim-debugsource
vim-enhanced
vim-debuginfo
vim-gvim
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-data-common
vim-data
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3099

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0360
vim-nox (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
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.11
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), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.17, 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-athena-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.52, 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-filesystem - update to 8.2-56
vim - update to 8.2-56
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-56
vim-common - update to 8.2-56
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-56
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-56
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-56
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-56
vim-gvim - update to 9.0.0396
vim - update to 9.0.0396
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.412-1.fc35, 9.0.412-1.fc36, 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/vim-core - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.1157
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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