A flaw was found in vim. The vulnerability occurs due to reading beyond the end of a line in the utf_head_off function, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | vim | 2022-05-31 23:47 | ALAS-2022-1597 |
Amazon Linux 1 | vim | 2022-02-17 18:34 | ALAS-2022-1567 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | vim | 2022-02-15 22:55 | ALAS2-2022-1751 |
Amazon Linux 2023 | vim | 2023-02-17 20:48 | ALAS2023-2023-098 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |