NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.4901)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2812528
  • published9 May 2022
  • disclosed8 May 2022
  • creditTDHX ICS Security

Introduced: 8 May 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 8.2.4901 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729.

References

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