Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-3591

 

Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-3591

Published: December 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70131
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-2022-3591
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 bt_quickfix() function in buffer.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 Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
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
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Dell Data Protection Central
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
PowerStore T
Redis for Pivotal Platform
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim-debugsource
vim-minimal
vim-common
vim
vim-enhanced
vim-debuginfo
vim-filesystem
vim-gvim
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-small
vim-data-common
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
app-editors/gvim
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3591

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0789
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim (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-gtk (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
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.18, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12
vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
vim-athena-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, 3.0.17
PowerStore T - update to 3.5.0.1-2083289
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.411
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-3
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-3
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-3
vim-common - update to 9.0-3
vim - update to 9.0-3
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-3
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-3
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-3
vim - update to 9.0.1034
vim-gvim - update to 9.0.1034
vim-small-debuginfo - update to 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
vim-small - update to 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
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 - update to 9.0.1160-1.1

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