Use After Free Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.0.0260)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-3016887
  • published5 Sept 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-2982  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.0.0260 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in qf_fill_buffer() at src/quickfix.c. Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0260.

References

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