Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,8.2.5150)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (48th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
3.9 low
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Red Hat
7.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2937081
  • published 29 Jun 2022
  • disclosed 23 Jun 2022
  • credit @jieyongma

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 8.2.5150 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow through parse_cmd_address() in function utf_ptr2char.