Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-3491

Vulnerability identifier: #VU70133

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-2022-3491

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 skipwhite() function in charset.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, 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
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 Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
Redis for Pivotal Platform
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
vim-gnome (Ubuntu package)
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-X11
vim-debugsource
vim-minimal
vim-common
vim
vim-enhanced
vim-debuginfo
vim-filesystem
vim-gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
gvim
vim-data
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0742
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
vim (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-athena (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-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
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - update to 3.0.17
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - 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
gvim-debuginfo - 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
vim-debugsource - 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-small-debuginfo - 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
gvim - 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-data - addressed in versions 9.0.1040-150000.5.31.1, 9.0.1234-17.12.1
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.1157
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1314-1, 9.0.1403-1.76

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/6e6e05c2-2cf7-4aa5-a817-a62007bf92cb
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3558afe9e9e904cabb8475392d859f2d2fc21041

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Slackware Linux update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• 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
• openEuler update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines