Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.4975)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2840620
  • published20 May 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2022
  • creditRyan Good

Introduced: 18 May 2022

CVE-2022-1771  (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 8.2.4975 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via crafted malicious input, which will cause a recursive command line infinite loop.

PoC

$ ./vim -u NONE -e -s -S crash_input

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