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Use After Free Affecting vim/vim Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,8.2.4895)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • User Interaction

    Required

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2812529

  • published

    9 May 2022

  • disclosed

    7 May 2022

  • credit

    Muhammad Aldo Firmansyah

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Introduced: 7 May 2022

New CVE-2022-1616 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 8.2.4895 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in via the append_command of src/ex_docmd.c. Exploiting this vulnerability might result in software crashing, bypassing protection mechanisms, modifying memory, and possible remote execution.

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