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CVE-2022-0714

Public on 2022-02-22
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description

A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in vim's win_lbr_chartabsize() function of charset.c file. The issue occurs due to an incorrect 'vartabstop' value. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering a heap-overflow, and can cause an application to crash, eventually leading to a denial of service.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 vim 2022-04-04 23:48 ALAS-2022-1579
Amazon Linux 2 - Core vim 2022-05-31 23:50 ALAS2-2022-1805
Amazon Linux 2023 vim 2023-02-17 20:48 ALAS2023-2023-098

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P