Use After Free Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.4895)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2812529
  • published9 May 2022
  • disclosed7 May 2022
  • creditMuhammad Aldo Firmansyah

Introduced: 7 May 2022

CVE-2022-1616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens 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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