Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0318

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0318

Published: February 22, 2022 / Updated: February 22, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60770
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-2022-0318
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger 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.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
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
Fedora
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell Data Protection Central
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
Watson CP4D Data Stores
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Traffix SDC
Migration Toolkit for Containers
vim (Ubuntu package)
gvim-debuginfo
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-data-common
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-data
gvim
vim (Red Hat package)
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-common
vim-X11
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
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-2022-0318

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4151
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - addressed in versions 1.3.6, 1.4.4
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 2.3.8, 2.4.3
macOS - addressed in versions 12.6 21G115, 13.0 22A380
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm4, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7
Migration Toolkit for Containers - addressed in versions 1.5.4, 1.7.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.9.39, 2.10.40, 3.0.8
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Watson CP4D Data Stores - update to 5.0.3
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.1763-16.el8_5.12
vim-filesystem - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-minimal - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-enhanced - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-common - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-X11 - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-common - update to 8.2-16
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-16
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-16
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-16
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-16
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-16
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-16
vim - update to 8.2-16
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4198-1.fc34, 8.2.4198-1.fc35, 8.2.4232-1.fc34, 8.2.4232-1.fc35
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.0060
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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