Out-of-bounds Read Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,vim 9.0.0020)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-2941349
  • published6 Jul 2022
  • disclosed2 Jul 2022
  • creditTDHX ICS Security

Introduced: 2 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-2286  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version vim 9.0.0020 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the ins_bytes function at change.c.

CVSS Scores

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