Use-after-free in Vim - CVE-2022-4292

Vulnerability identifier: #VU70134

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-2022-4292

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 did_set_spelllang() funtion in spell.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 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
Fedora
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Redis for Pivotal Platform
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
PowerStore T
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-minimal
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-enhanced
vim-X11
vim-debugsource
vim-common
vim-filesystem
vim-gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data-common
gvim
vim-data
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.0882
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
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
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.411
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-4
vim - update to 9.0-4
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-4
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-4
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-4
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-4
vim-common - update to 9.0-4
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-4
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 - update to 9.0.1157
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.1157
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
vim - update to 9.0.1262-1.fc36

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/da3d4c47-e57a-451e-993d-9df0ed31f57b
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c3d27ada14acd02db357f2d16347acc22cb17e93

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Vim
• Slackware Linux update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• SUSE update for vim
• Amazon Linux AMI update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
• 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
• Fedora 36 update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell PowerStore Family
• 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
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines