Buffer Overflow Affecting vim-common package, versions <2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL9-VIMCOMMON-3380919
  • published 25 Feb 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 vim-common to version 2:8.2.2637-16.el9_0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:5242.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-common package and not the vim-common package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.8 high