NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting vim-enhanced package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-VIMENHANCED-2882384
  • published9 May 2022
  • disclosed8 May 2022

Introduced: 8 May 2022

CVE-2022-1620  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 vim-enhanced.

NVD Description

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

NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

CVSS Scores

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