Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.5013)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2849312
  • published31 May 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2022
  • creditTDHX ICS Security

Introduced: 23 May 2022

CVE-2022-1851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 8.2.5013 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in gchar_cursor() in misc1.c, when a cursor is placed in an invalid position.

References

CVSS Scores

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