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Buffer Over-read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vim  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-VIM-2835637
  • published18 May 2022
  • disclosed20 Jun 2022
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Introduced: 18 May 2022

CVE-2022-1720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Buffer Over-read in function grab_file_name in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4956. This vulnerability is capable of crashing the software, memory modification, and possible remote execution.

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