Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-3234

Vulnerability identifier: #VU67435

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-2022-3234

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the utfc_ptr2len() function at mbyte.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted fule, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of 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 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 Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
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
Redis for Pivotal Platform
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim-filesystem
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-debugsource
vim
vim-gvim
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
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0483
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 3.0.17
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 - update to 7.0.411
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-58
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-58
vim-common - update to 8.2-58
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-58
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-58
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-58
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-58
vim - update to 8.2-58
vim-gvim - update to 9.0.0500
vim - update to 9.0.0500
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.720-1.fc35, 9.0.720-1.fc36, 9.0.720-1.fc37, 9.0.803-1.fc37, 9.0.828-1.fc37
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-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-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 - update to 9.0.1314-1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c249913edc35c0e666d783bfc21595cf9f7d9e0d
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/90fdf374-bf04-4386-8a23-38c83b88f0da

• Remote code execution in Vim
• Slackware Linux update for vim (SSA
• 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
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
• 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
• Fedora 36 update for vim
• Fedora 35 update for vim
• Fedora 37 update for vim
• Fedora 37 update for vim