Out-of-bounds read in Vim - CVE-2022-0319

Vulnerability identifier: #VU60787

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0319

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
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 Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim-small-debuginfo
vim-small
vim-data-common
vim-data
vim
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-filesystem
vim-common
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-X11
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/vim
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://huntr.dev/bounties/ba622fd2-e6ef-4ad9-95b4-17f87b68755b
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/05b27615481e72e3b338bb12990fb3e0c2ecc2a9