Use After Free Affecting vim-data package, versions <2:8.2.5172-1.1.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-VIMDATA-2975382
  • published5 Aug 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-1968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 vim-data to version 2:8.2.5172-1.1.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1628.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-data package and not the vim-data package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

CVSS Scores

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