Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.4925)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
1.93% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2813635
  • published11 May 2022
  • disclosed10 May 2022
  • creditTDHX ICS Security

Introduced: 10 May 2022

CVE-2022-1629  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 8.2.4925 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the function find_next_quote at textobject.c:1663.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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