Out-of-bounds Write Affecting vim-debuginfo package, versions <2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-VIMDEBUGINFO-2863051
  • published8 Jun 2022
  • disclosed1 Feb 2022

Introduced: 1 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-0417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 vim-debuginfo to version 2:8.2.4857-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1805.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-debuginfo package and not the vim-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based Buffer Overflow GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

CVSS Scores

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