Use After Free Affecting vim-debuginfo package, versions <2:9.0.327-1.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-VIMDEBUGINFO-3029511
  • published22 Sept 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2022

Introduced: 23 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 vim-debuginfo to version 2:9.0.327-1.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-131.

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:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0246.

CVSS Scores

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