Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.0.0018)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2941348
  • published6 Jul 2022
  • disclosed2 Jul 2022
  • creditTDHX ICS Security

Introduced: 2 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-2285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.0.0018 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the del_typebuf function at getchar.c.

CVSS Scores

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