Buffer Overflow Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.0.0742)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
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-3157952
  • published6 Dec 2022
  • disclosed3 Dec 2022
  • creditmist1987

Introduced: 3 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-3491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.0.0742 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vim9compile.c and vim9cmds.c, which can be exploited to interrupt the application.

References

CVSS Scores

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